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British Armed Forces
3 September 1939
ALDERSHOT COMMAND: HQ Aldershot
From River Luddon where crossed by the Southern Railway at
Luddon Bridge (south-east of Reading) along the railway through
Wokingham, Brackwall and Ascot to Sunningdale: thence the eastern
boundaries of the parishes of Chotham and Horsell to the railway
at Woking; thence southward along the railway (omitting the
portions of the parishes of Guildford and Artington to the westof the railway and the three small portions of Sussex lying to
the north of the railway) to Liss, ; thence northward along the
road leading to Reading, through Selbourne, Alton, and Odiham
(but inclusive of the portions of the parishes of Alton and
Chawton lying west of that road) to Swallowfield thence along the
River Luddon to Luddon Bridge.
FIELD TROOPS (REGULAR)
1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade: HQ Blackdown
6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Blackdown
3rd, 12th, 15th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
1st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA: Blackdown1st Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE: Blackdown
A, B Anti-Aircraft Companies, RE
1st, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals, RCS: Blackdown
1st Army Tank Brigade: HQ Aldershot
4th Royal Tank Regiment: Farnborough
7th Royal Tank Regiment: Catterick Camp
- Located in Northern Command
8th Royal Tank Regiment: Perham Down
- Located in Southern Command
1st Infantry Division: HQ Aldershot
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own): Shorncliffe
2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Bordon
2nd Field Regiment, RA: Bordon
(Note: Reorganized late Sept. 1939 with two btrys)35th, 42nd, 53rd, 87th Field Batteries, RA
19th Field Regiment, RA: Bordon
29th/97th, 39th/96th Field Batteries, RA
24th Field Regiment, RA: Aldershot
22nd/56th, 50th/70th Field Batteries
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Aldershot
'Q', 'Y', 'Z', 'BB' Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
17th, 23rd, 26th Field Companies, RE: Aldershot
6th Field Park Company, RE: Aldershot
1st Divisional Signals, RCS: Aldershot
1st Infantry Brigade (Guards): HQ Aldershot
3rd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards: Aldershot
2nd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards: Aldershot2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Aldershot
1st Infantry Brigade (Guards) Anti-Tank Company:
Aldershot
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2nd Infantry Brigade: HQ Aldershot
1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire):
Aldershot
2nd Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment
(The Prince of Wales's): Aldershot
1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders: Aldershot
2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Aldershot
3rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Bordon
1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(West Riding): Bordon
2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshireand Derbyshire Regiment): Bordon
1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Regiment: Bordon
3rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Bordon
2nd Infantry Division: HQ Aldershot
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards: Aldershot
2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment M-G: Aldershot
10th Field Regiment, RA: Deepcut
30th/46th, 51st/54th Field Batteries, RA
16th Field Regiment, RA: Ewshott
27th/72nd, 34th/86th Field Batteries, RA
18th Field Regiment, RA: Deepcut
59th/93rd, 94th/95th Field Batteries, RA
13th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Aldershot2nd, 8th, 44th, 82nd Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
5th, 11th, 38th Field Companies, RE: Aldershot
21st Field Park Company, RE: Aldershot
2nd Divisional Signals, RCS: Aldershot
4th Infantry Brigade: HQ Aldershot
1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment):
Aldershot
2nd Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Oxney
1st Battalion, The Border Regiment: Aldershot
4th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Aldershot
5th Infantry Brigade: HQ Aldershot
2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:
Aldershot
2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment: Aldershot1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:
Aldershot
5th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Aldershot
6th Infantry Brigade: HQ Blackdown
1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Blackdown
1st Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess
Charlotte of Wales's): Blackdown
2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Woking
6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Blackdown
OTHER REGULAR TROOPS IN THE COMMAND
Regular Troops in the Command
1st King's Dragoon Guards: Aldershot (Attached to 1st Light
Armoured Brigade)
12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's): Aldershot
2nd Royal Tank Regiment: Farnborough (Attached to 1st Heavy
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Armoured Brigade)
The Mechanized Experimental Establishment: Farnborough
2nd Medium Regiment, RA: Longmoor
4th/7th, 8th/12th Medium Batteries, RA
1st Field Squadron, RE: Aldershot
8th, 10th Railway Companies, RE: Longmoor
RHQ and Motor Transport Depot, RE: Aldershot
The Railway Training Centre, RE: Longmoor
'A' Corps Signals, RCS: Aldershot
No. 2 Company, GHQ Signals, RCS: Aldershot
No. 1 Signal Troop, 1st Armoured Divisional Signals, RCS:Aldershot
Nos. 1, 3, 6, 11 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS: Aldershot
4th Tank Signal Section, RCS: Aldershot
Aldershot Command Signals, RCS: Aldershot
Militia in the Command
5th, 6th Anti-Aircraft Depots, RA: Arborfield</PRE>
EASTERN COMMAND
The Counties: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex(except Purfleet and Rainham Rifle Ranges; and (when occupied by
the Foot Guards) the Guard's Barracks at Warley), Hertfordshire,
Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey (Less portions
in Aldershot Command and London District and Woolwich (exclusive
of the Territorial Army Troops quartered there).
Field Troops (Regular)
4th Infantry Division: HQ Colchester
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Colchester
2nd Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Machine Gun: Dover
17th Field Regiment, RA: Woolwich
10th/26th, 13th/92nd Field Batteries, RA22nd Field Regiment, RA: Shorncliffe
32nd/33rd, 36th/55th Field Batteries, RA
30th Field Regiment, RA: Colchester
104th/111th, 112th/117th Field Batteries, RA
14th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Colchester
38th, 61st, 68th, 88th Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
7th, 9th Field Companies, RE: Shorncliffe
59th Field Company, RE: Canterbury
18th Field Park Company, RE: Colchester
4th Divisional Signals, RCS: Colchester
10th Infantry Brigade: HQ Shorncliffe
2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment: Gravesend2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry:
Shorncliffe
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment: Shorncliffe
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10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Shorncliffe
11th Infantry Brigade: HQ Colchester
2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Colchester
1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Colchester
1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry: Colchester
11th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Colchester
12th Infantry Brigade: HQ Dover
2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment): Dover
1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (ThePrince of Wales's Volunteers): Dover
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland
Regiment): Dover
12th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Dover
OTHER REGULAR TROOPS IN THE COMMAND
Regular Troops in the Command
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own): Shorncliffe
(Attached to 1st Infantry Division)
17th/21st Lancers: Colchester
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Brentwood
27th Field Regiment, RA: Colchester21st/24th, 37th/47th Field Batteries, RA
32nd Field Regiment, RA: Brighton
107th/121st, 115th/120th Field Batteries, RA
5th Medium Regiment, RA: Shoeburyness
5th/17th, 20th/21st Medium Batteries, RA
2nd Heavy Regiment, RA: Shoeburyness
1st, 8th, 17th, 26th Heavy Batteries, RA
Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: London
The Signal Experimental Establishment, RCS: Woolwich
Nos. 8, 10, 13 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS:
Canterbury
Eastern Command Signals, RCS: London
Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Eastern Ports: HQ
SheernessDover Fire Command: Dover
Thames Fire Command (21st Heavy Battery, RA):
Shoeburyness
Medway Fire Command: Sheerness
Harwich Fire Command: Felixstowe
Militia in the Command
1st Infantry Training Group: Colchester
2nd Infantry Training Group: Lydd
Depot, Non-Combatant Labour Corps: Colchester
EAST ANGLIA AREA: HQ The Barracks, Hertford
Counties: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex,
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire less the following:
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(i) Colchester - a 4th Infantry Division station
(ii) Purfleet and Rainham Rifle Range, and Warley Barracks
(when occupied by the Guards) - All under London
District
(iii) That portion of Essex in Chatham Area
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich
The Suffolk Regiment: Bury St. Edmunds
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: BedfordThe Essex Regiment: Warley
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own): Mill Hill
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
54th (East Anglia) Infantry Division: HQ The Barracks, Hertford
HQ Royal Artillery: The Barracks, Hertford
85th (East Anglian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 337th (Essex) Btry: Stratford
338th (Essex) Btry: Romford
86th (East Anglian)(Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 342nd (Hertford) Btry: Hertford341st (St. Albans) Btry: St. Albans
134th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 213th (Essex) Btry: Stratford, E. 15
340th (Essex) Btry: Grays
55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 220th (Norfolk Yeomanry) btry: Swaffham
217th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Btry: Bury St. Edmunds
218th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Btry: St. Peters, Lowestoft
219th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Btry: Norwich
HQ Royal Engineers: Ashburnham Road, Bedford
248th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Bedford
(Attached to 3rd Infantry Division)
249th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Luton286th Field Company, RE
289th Field Park Company, RE
54th Divisional Signals, RCS: Bay Lodge, The Green,
Stratford E15
161st Infantry Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Ongar Road, Brentwood
1st/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Ilford
2nd/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Ilford
1st/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Chelmsford
2nd/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Colchester
5th (Hackney) Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales's): 1 Hillman Street,
Hackney E8
7th (Stoke Newington) Battalion, The Royal BerkshireRegiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's): Stoke
Newington
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162nd Infantry Brigade: HQ 20 Grosvenor Gardens
6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment: Luton
1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment: Hertford
2nd Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment
163rd Infantry Brigade: HQ 22 Tombland, Norwich
5th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Dereham
6th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich
7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: King's Lynn
18th Infantry DivisionHQ Royal Artillery
105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 417th (Bedford) Btry : Bedford
418th (Bedford) Btry: Biggleswade
135th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 344th (Hitchin) Btry: Hitchin
336th (Northampton) Btry: Peterborough
148th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 420th (Bedford) Btry: Luton
419th (Bedford) Btry: Dunstable
65th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 257th-260th Btrys: Bury St. EdmundsHQ Royal Engineers: Cambridge
287th Field Company, RE: Cambridge
288th Field Company, RE: Norwich
251st (East Anglia) Field Park Company, RE: Norwich
18th Divisional Signals, RCS
53rd Infantry Brigade
(Embodied by 161st Infantry Brigade)
54th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich
4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Ipswich
5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Bury St. Edmunds
55th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment: Bedford1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment: Cambridge
2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment: Wisbech
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
1st/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Hornsey
2nd/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Southgate
1st/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Hounslow
2nd/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge's Own) Machine Gun: Ruislip Manor104th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry)
(T.A.)
HQ, 414th (Essex Yeomanry) Btry: Brentwood
339th (Essex Royal Horse Artillery) Btry: Colchester
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147th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry)
(T.A.)
HQ, 413th (Essex Yeomanry) Btry: Chelmsford
431st Btry
58th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 229th, 230th (Suffolk) Btrys: Ipswich
67th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 232nd (Suffolk) Btry: Bury St. Edmunds
231st (Suffolk) Btry: Sudbury
Suffolk Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 176th Btry: Dovercourt166th Btry: Ipswich
The Suffolk (Fortress) RE: Ipswich
No. 1 (EL W) Coy: Ipswich
250th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Cambridge
CHATHAM AREA : HQ Chatham
From (all inclusive) Foulness Point (Essex) by a line drawn
south to Shellness (Kent); thence a line drawn south-west to
Ladydane; thence along a road to Watling Street; thence Watling
Street to road Faversham, Leaveland, Challock Lees, Chaning,
Lenham, Harrietsham, Elsfleld, Hollingbourne; thence Pilgrim's
Way via Detling, Burham, Snodland ; thence via Pilgrim's Road toTrosley Towers; thence along road Wrotham-Gravesent to Northum-
berland Bottom thence Watling Street to Southern Railway Bridge
at Springhead; thence northward along stream to River Thames,
along south bank of River Thames to lighthouse on Swanscombe
Marshes; thence by a line drawn northeast across the River Thames
to Grays Thurrock Station (Essex); thence along the main road to
Stanford-le-Hope; thence northside of railway via South Benfleet
to Southend Borough boundary; thence a line drawn northeast to
lower Edward's Hull; thence along road Eastwood to Harp House;
thence a line drawn south-east to Southchurch Lawn; thence a line
due north to River Roach, along south bank of River Roach and
south bank of River Crouch to Foulness Point.
Regular Troops in the Area
The Training Battalion, RE: Chatham
The Depot Battalion, RE: Chatham
Territorial Army Troops in the Area
Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Fort Clarence, Rochester
167th (Kent) Btry: Gravesend
169th (Kent) Btry: Sheerness
175th (Essex), 192nd Btrys: Southend-on-Sea
HOME COUNTIES AREA: HQ Woolwich
Woolwich (exclusive of Territorial Army troops in London
District), Counties of Kent (less areas in Chatham Area and the
4th Division stations of Dover, Shorncliffe, Hythe and Lydd),
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Sussex, Surrey (less the eastern boundaries of the parishes of
Chobham, Horsell and Woking through Woking) including portions of
the parishes of Stoke-next-Guildford, St. Nicholas, Arlington, to
the west of the railway.
Regular Depots in the Area
The Depot, The Royal Artillery: Woolwich
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Guildford
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment): Canterbury
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment): HounslowThe East Surrey Regiment: Kingston
The Royal Sussex Regiment: Chichester
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Maidstone (3/9/39
as 224th ITC)
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
21st Army Tank Brigade (Part): HQ Chipperfield, near King's
Langley
42nd Royal Tank Regiment: 27 St. John's Hill, Clapham
Junction
48th Royal Tank Regiment: Clapham Girl's High School,
Clapham, London
44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division: HQ Royal Artillery
Barracks, Woolwich
HQ Royal Artillery: Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 225th, 226th (Brighton) Btrys: Brighton
58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 229th (Eastbourne) Btry: Eastbourne
230th (Hastings) Btry: St. Leonards
65th (8th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 257th (21st London) Btry: Lee Green
258th (22nd London) Btry: Plumstead, S.E. 18
57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 225th-228th Btrys: WimbledonHQ Royal Engineers: 10 Queen Street, Brighton
208th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Eastbourne
209th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Brighton
210th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Seaford
211th (Sussex) Field Park Company, RE: Worthing
44th Divisional Signals, RCS: Drill Hall, Stamford
Brook Lodge, Ravenscourt Park
131st Infantry Brigade: HQ Burwood House, 16 Caxton St.
(HQ Eastern Sub-Area)
1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West
Surrey): Guildford
1st/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal
Regiment (West Surrey): 2 Jamaica Road,Bermondsey
1st/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal
Regiment (West Surrey): 71 New Street,
Walworth
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132nd Infantry Brigade: HQ 66 Victoria St., London
(HQ Central Sub-Area)
1st/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Surbiton
4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment: Tonbridge
5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment: Bromley
133rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Victoria Road,
Tunbridge Wells (HQ Western Sub-Area)
4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment):
Canterbury4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Horsham
5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex
Regiment: Hastings
12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
113th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Shoreham
227th (Hove) Btry: Hove
228th (Worthing) Btry: Worthing
114th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 231st (Bexhill) Btry: Bexhill
232nd (Hailsham) Btry: Hailsham
118th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 259th (23rd London) Btry: Plumstead, S.E. 18
260th (24th London) Btry: Lee Green
67th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 265th-268th Btrys: Sutton
HQ Royal Engineers: Eastbourne
262nd Field Company, RE: Hastings
263rd Field Company, RE: Eastbourne
264th Field Company, RE: Lewes
265th Field Park Company, RE: Eastbourne
12th Divisional Signals, RCS
35th Infantry Brigade
2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West
Surrey): Woking
2nd/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's RoyalRegiment (West Surrey): Richmond
2nd/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal
Regiment (West Surrey): St. George's Market
36th Infantry Brigade
2nd/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Richmond
6th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment: St. Mary's Cray
7th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment: Dartford
37th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment):
Canterbury
6th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Worthing7th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex
Regiment: Brighton
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Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
97th (Kent Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Maidstone
385th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Btry:
Canterbury
387th (Queen's Own Yeomanry) Btry: Bromley
98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army
Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 391st, 392nd (Surrey Yeomanry) Btry: Clapham Park
143rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 386th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Btry: Ashford
388th (Queen's Own Yeomanry) Btry: Maidstone
144th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 390th (Sussex Yeomanry) Btry: Chichester
389th (Sussex Yeomanry) Btry: Brighton
Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 168th (Kent) Btry: Dover
159th (Sussex) Btry: Brighton
170th (Kent) Btry: Ramsgate
The Cinque Ports (Fortress) RE: Dover
No. 1 (E & W) Coy: Dover
The Kent (Fortress) RE: Northfleet
Nos. 1, 2, 3 (E & W) Coys: Northfleet
Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command
108th (Essex) Electrical and Mechanical Company, RE:
Chelmsford
No. 25 (Home Counties) Construction Section, RCS:
Ravenscourt Park
Nos. 61, 62 Line Sections, RCS: Guildford
LONDON DISTRICT
London District: HQ Horse Guards
The County of London, Warley (Foot Guards only), Rainham
Rifle Range, Purfleet, Woolwich (for Territorial Army troops),
the Guards depot at Caterham, Pirbright, and (for regular troops)
Windsor.
Regular Troops in the District
Regular Troops
The Life Guards: Hyde Park Barracks
Royal Horse Guards (The Blues): Windsor
1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards: Chelsea Barracks
(Attached to 7th Guards Infantry Brigade)1st Battalion, The Scots Guards: Chelsea Barracks
1st, 2nd Battalions, The Irish Guards: Wellington Barracks
2nd Battalion, The Welsh Guards: The Tower of London
'K' Battery, The Royal Horse Artillery: St. John's Wood
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The Guards Depot: Caterham
Militia in the District
5th Infantry Training Group: Pirbirght
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the District
22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade (Part)
3rd, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters):
St. John's Wood
1st London Division: HQ Finsbury Barracks, City Road, E.C. 1
HQ Royal Artillery: Finsbury Barracks, City Road, E.C. 1
64th (7th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 253rd (18th London) Btry: Fulham, S.E. 18
254th (19th London) Btry: Shepards Bush, W. 12
90th (City of London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 357th (1st City of London), 358th (2nd City of
London) Btrys: Bloomsbury, W.C. 1
HQ Royal Engineers: The Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea
220th (2nd London) Field Company, RE: Chelsea
223rd (2nd London) Field Park Company, RE: Chelsea
1st Battalion, The Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's RoyalRifle Corps M/C: 56 Davies Street, Berkley Square
1st London Divisional Signals: 20 Atkins Road, Clapham Park
1st London Infantry Brigade: HQ RHQ The Grenadier Guards,
Birdcage Walk
8th (1st City of London) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment): Handel Street,
Bloomsbury
9th (2nd City of London) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment): 213 Balham High Road
1st Battalion, The London Irish Rifles, The Royal
Ulster Rifles: Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea
2nd London Infantry Brigade: HQ Finsbury Barracks
1st Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade, The Rifle
Brigade (Prince Consort's Own): 130 Bunhill Road1st Battalion, The London Scottish, The Gordon
Highlanders: 59 Buckingham Gate, Westminster
1st Battalion, The Queen's Westminsters, The King's
Royal Rifle Corps: Queen's Hall, 58 Buckingham
Gate, Westminster
3rd London Infantry Brigade: HQ RHQ The Grenadier Guards
- Attached
1st Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: 16 Chenies
Street, Tottenham Court Road
2nd Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Montague
Street
1st Tower Hamlet Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince
Consort's Own): 66 Tredegar Road, Bow2nd Tower Hamlet Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince
Consort's Own): Bow
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2nd London Division
HQ Royal Artillery
117th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 255th (20th London) Btry: Fulham, S.W. 6
256th (17th London) Btry: Paddington, W. 2
138th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 359th (3rd City of London), 360th (4th City of
London) Btrys: Bloomsbury, W.C. 1
HQ Royal Engineers
501st, 502nd, 503rd Field Companies, RE
504th Field Park Company, RE2nd Battalion, The Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's Royal
Rifle Corps M/C: 39 Gorsvenor Square, London
2nd London Divisional Signals
4th London Infantry Brigade
11th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment): Fusilier Hall, Handel St.
12th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment): 213 Balham High Road
2nd Battalion, The London Irish Rifles, The Royal
Ulster Rifles: Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea
5th London Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade, The Rifle
Brigade (Prince Consort's Own): 130 Bunhill Road2nd Battalion, The London Scottish, The Gordon
Highlanders: 101 Grosvenor Road
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Westminsters, The King's
Royal Rifle Corps: Pinner
6th London Infantry Brigade: - Attached
1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment,
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Machine Gun: 190 Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith
2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment,
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Machine Gun: Old Town Hall, Hammersmith
The Officer Producing Group: HQ RHQ The Welsh Guards, Birdcage
WalkThe Inns of Court Regiment: 16 Stone Building, Lincoln's Inn
2 (O.P.) Sections, 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Royal
Horse Artillery: Finsbury Barracks
The Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion:
Finsbury Barracks
The Artist's Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's
Own): Armoury House, Duke's Road, Finsbury WC1
Other Territorical Army Troops in the District
11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery
Company)(T.A.)
HQ, A, B Btrys: Armoury House, Finsbury, City Road,
12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, (Honourable ArtilleryCompany)(T.A.)
HQ, C, D Btrys: Armoury House, Finsbury, City Road
91st (4th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 361st (5th London), 363rd (7th London) Btrys:
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92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 365th (9th London) Btry: Kennington Lane, London
368th (12th London) Btry: Woolwich, London,
139th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 362nd (6th London), 364th (8th London) Btrys:
Lewisham
140th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Clapham Common, S.W. 4
366th (10th London) Btry: Kennington Lane, London,
367th (11th London) Btry: Woolwich, London,53rd (London) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 209th, 210th (London) Btrys: Barnsbury
64th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 211th, 212th (London) Btrys: Barnsbury
52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 205th (13th London), 206th (14th London), 207th
(15th London), 208th (16th London) Btrys: Brixton
62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 245th-248th Btrys: Stockwell, S.W. 9
The Mobile Divisional Signals (1st County of London Yeomanry
(Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars), RCS: Chelsea
The London Corps Signals, RCS: Putney Bridge
216th, 217th, 218th (1st London) Field Companies, RE:Bethnal Green
219th (1st London) Field Park Company, RE: Bethnal Green
221st, 222nd (2nd London) Field Companies, RE: Chelsea
294th, 295th, 296th Field Companies, RE
297th Field Park Company, RE
Supplementary Reserve Troops in the District
102nd (London) Army Troops Company, RE: Bethnal Green
151st, 152nd (Great Western) Railway Construction Companies,
RE: Paddington Station
HQ Railway Stores RE: Lambeth
156th (Southern) Railway Stores Company, RE: Lambeth
HQ Line of Communication Signals, RCS: Clapham ParkNo. 1, No. 4 (City of London) Companies
No. 2 Company, Air Formation Signals, RCS: Putney Bridge
Nos. 28, 29, 30 (London) Construction Sections, RCS: London
NORTHERN COMMAND
Northern Command: HQ York
Berwick-on-Tweed (except regular troops), Northumberland,
Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Not-
tinghamshire, and Derbyshire.
Field Troops (Regular)
5th Infantry Division: HQ Catterick Camp
55th Field Company, RE: Catterick Camp
5th Divisional Signals, RCS: Catterick Camp
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13th Infantry Brigade: HQ Catterick Camp
2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):
Catterick Camp
2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers:
Catterick Camp
2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of
Edinburgh's): Catterick Camp
15th Infantry Brigade: HQ Catterick Camp
1st Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess
of Wale's Own Regiment): Catterick Camp
1st Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry:Catterick Camp
1st York and Lancaster Regiment: Catterick Camp
Other Regular Troops in the Command
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars: York (Attached to 3rd
Infantry Division)
7th Royal Tank Regiment: Catterick Camp
7th Field Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp
9th/17th, 16th/43rd Field Batteries
20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp (Attached to 3rd
Infantry Division)
41st, 45th, 67th, 99th Anti-Tank BatteriesDepot, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's):
Catterick Camp (Temporarily)
The Signal Training Centre, RCS: Catterick Camp
The Depot, Training Battalions, RCS: Catterick Camp
No. 4 Artillery Signal Section, RCS: Catterick Camp
7th Tank Signal Section, RCS: Catterick Camp
Northern Command Signals, RCS: York
Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Northern Ports:
HQ Tynemouth Castle, Tynemouth
Humber Fire Command: Hedon
Tees and Hartlepool Fire Command: Hartlepool
Tynemouth Fire Command: Tynemouth
NORTHUMBRIAN AREA : HQ Darlington
Northumberland, Durham, North Riding of Yorkshire (excluding
Catterick Area and Strensall Camp), the East Riding of Yorkshire,
also Berwick-on-Tweed (except regular troops).
Regular Infantry Depots
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers: Newcastle-on-Tyne
The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own):
Beverly
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own
Yorkshire Regiment): RichmondThe Durham Light Infantry: Newcastle-on-Tyne
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Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
25th Army Tank Brigade (Part)
43rd Royal Tank Regiment: Newcastle-on-Tyne
49th Royal Tank Regiment: Newcastle-on-Tyne
50th (Northumbrian) Division: HQ Darlington
HQ Royal Artillery: Reed Court, 7, Harewood Hill, Darlington
72nd (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 285th (1st Northumberland), 286th (2nd
Northumberland) Btrys: Newcastle-on-Tyne74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 296th (4th Durham) Btry: South Shields
293rd (1st Durham) Btry: Hebburn-on-Tyne
HQ Royal Engineers: Newcastle-on-Tyne
232nd (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE: Newcastle-on-
Tyne
505th Field Company, RE: Newcastle-on-Tyne
235th (Northumbrian) Field Park Company, RE:
Gateshead-on-Tyne
4th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Machine Gun: Newburn
50th Divisional Signals, RCS: Darlington
150th Infantry Brigade: HQ Malton4th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of
York's Own): Hull
4th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess
of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Guisborough
5th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess
of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Scarborough
151st Infantry Brigade: HQ Durham
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Bishop
Auckland
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Durham
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Gateshead
23rd (Northumbrian) Division
HQ Royal Artillery124th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Cowgate
287th (3rd Northumbrian) Btry: Blyth
288th (4th Northumbrian) Btry: Newcastle-on-Tyne
125th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Sunderland
294th (2nd Durham), 295th (3rd Durham) Btrys: South
Shields
HQ Royal Engineers: Newcastle-on-Tyne
233rd (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE: Jarrow-on-Tyne
507th Field Company, RE: Newcastle-on-Tyne
508th Field Park Company, RE: Newcastle-on-Tyne
8th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers MachineGun: Prudhoe
23rd Divisional Signals, RCS
69th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of
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York's Own): Hull
6th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess
of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Middlesborough
7th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess
of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): Bridlington
70th Infantry Brigade: HQ Durham
10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Shildon
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Chester-le-
Street
12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry: Teams
OTHER Territorial Army Troops in the Area
The Northumberland Hussars: Newcastle-on-Tyne
1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry: Walton Street, Hull
2nd East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry: Hull
7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine
Gun: Alnwick
9th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine
Gun: Alnwick
4th (Durham) Survey Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, A, B Btrys: Gateshead-on-Tyne
6th Survey Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, A, B Btrys: Gateshead-on-Tyne
234th (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE: Gateshead-on-Tyne
506th Field Company, RE: Newcastle-on-Tyne
Coast Defence, Territorial Army, in the Area
Tynemouth Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 151st, 152nd Btrys: Blyth
East Riding Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 182nd, 183rd Btrys: Hull
Durham Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 174th, 187th Btrys: Hartlepool
The North Riding Fortress RE: Middlesbrough
No. 1 (EL & ; W Coy): MiddlesbroughThe East Riding (Fortress) RE: Hull
No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Hull
The Tyne Electrical Engineers RE: Tynemouth
No. 1 (Electrical Light and Work) Company: Tynemouth
WEST RIDING AREA : HQ York
West Riding of Yorkshire, County Borough of York, Strensall
Camp, Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire.
Regular Infantry Depots
The Lincolnshire Regiment: Lincoln
The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
The Leicestershire Regiment: Leicester
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding): Halifax
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The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment): Derby
The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: Pontefract
The York and Lancaster Regiment: Pontefract
Militia in the Area
4th Infantry Training Group: Ripon
1st Field Depot Royal Artillery: Harrogate
Training Battalion, RE: Ripon
Royal Corps of Signals Anti-Aircraft Training Battalion,RCS: Harrogate
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
5th Cavalry Brigade: HQ 19, St. Mary's, Bootham, York
The Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's
Own): York
The Yorkshire Dragoons (Queen's Own): Doncaster
The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers): Newark
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division: HQ Clifton, York
HQ Royal Artillery: Lumley Barracks, Burton Stone Lane, York
69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 273rd (1st West Riding) Btry: Leeds
274th (2nd West Riding) Btry: Bramley
70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 277th (4th West Riding), 279th (6th West
Riding) Btrys: Bradford
71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 281st (7th West Riding), 282nd (8th West
Riding) Btrys: Sheffield
58th (Duke of Wellington's) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 229th-232nd Btrys: Halifax
HQ Royal Engineers: Sheffield
228th, 229th, 230th (West Riding) Field Companies, RE:
Sheffield231st (West Riding) Field Park Company, RE: Sheffield
49th Divisional Signals: Leeds
146th Infantry Brigade: HQ Doncaster
4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Lincoln
1st/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry: Wakefield
The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster
Regiment: Sheffield
147th Infantry Brigade: HQ Rastrick, Brighouse
1st/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The
Prince of Wales's Own): York
1st/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(West Riding): Skipton-in-Craven1st/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(West Riding): Milnsbridge
148th Infantry Brigade: HQ Nottingham
1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment:
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Loughborough
1st/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment): Derby
8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment): Newark
46th (North Midland and West Riding) Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
121st Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 275th (3rd West Riding) Btry: Leeds
276th (11th West Riding) Btry: Ilkley
122nd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 278th (5th West Riding) Btry: Halifax
280th (10th West Riding) Btry: Otley
123rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 283rd (9th West Riding) Btry: Sheffield
284th (12th West Riding) Btry: Rotherham
68th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 269th-272nd Btrys: Bridlington
HQ Royal Engineers
270th, 271st, 272nd Field Companies, RE
273rd Field Park Company, RE
46th Divisional Signals
137th Infantry Brigade
2nd/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment (ThePrince of Wales's Own): Leeds
2nd/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(West Riding): Keighley
2nd/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(West Riding): Huddersfield
138th Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Grantham
2nd/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry: Wakefield
6th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment:
Sheffield
139th Infantry Brigade
2nd/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment:
Leicester2nd/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment): Derby
9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment): Newark
Other Territorial Troops in the Area
The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own): Leicester
1st, 2nd Derbyshire Yoemanry: Derby
107th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (South Nottinghamshire
Hussars Yeomany) (T.A.)
HQ, 425th, 426th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars
Yeomanry) Btrys: Nottingham150th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (South Nottinghamshire
Hussars Yeomany) (T.A.)
HQ, 434th, 435th Btrys: Nottingham
60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
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HQ, 237th (Lincoln) Btry: Lincoln
238th (Lincoln) Btry: Grimsby
115th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 239th (Leicester) Btry: Leicester
240th (Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery) Btry:
Nottingham
53rd (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light
Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 157th-159th Btrys: Doncaster
57th (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light
Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 169th-171st Btrys: Doncaster
45th Royal Tank Regiment: Leeds (Attached to 24th Army Tank
Brigade)
51st Royal Tank Regiment: Morley (Attached to 25th Army Tank
Brigade)
The North Midland Corps Signals, RCS: Derby
Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command
106th (West Riding) Army Troops Company, RE: Doncaster
107th (North Riding) Army Troops Company, RE: Middlesbrough
150th (London and North East) Railway Construction Company, RE:
CambridgeHQ Railway Operating Group RE: Leeds
153rd (London and North East) Railway Operating Company, RE:
Cambridge
155th (London, Midland and Scottish) Railway Workshop Company,
RE: Derby
No. 1 Docks Group, RE: York
No. 2 Docks Group, RE: Crewe
HQ Air Formation Signals, RCS: Leeds
Nos. 1, 3 (West Riding) Companies: Leeds
No. 5 Company: Bradford
NORTHERN IRELAND DISTRICT
Northern Ireland District: HQ Belfast
Regular Troops in the District
The Northern Ireland District Signal Company, RCS: Belfast
2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers: Londonderry
1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment: Holywood
2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment: Ballykinler
2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Belfast
HQ Royal Artillery: Belfast
Belfast Fire Command: Belfast
Depot, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: Omagh
Depot, The Royal Ulster Rifles: Armagh
Territorial Army Troops in the District
188th (Antrim) Independent Heavy Battery, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Great Victoria Road, Belfast
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The Antrim (Fortress) RE: Belfast
Supplementary Reserve Troops in the District
The North Irish Horse: North Road, Belfast
3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Supplementary Reserve: HQ Belfast
3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)
HQ, 10th, 11th Btrys: Belfast
9th Btry: Clonaver, Strandtown
12th Btry: Lurgan8th (Belfast) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)
HQ, 21st-23rd AA Btrys: Belfast
5th Light AA Btry: Newtownards
9th (Londonderry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)
HQ, 24th-25th AA Btrys: Londonderry
26th AA Btry: Ballymena
6th Light AA Btry: Coleraine
SCOTTISH COMMAND
Scottish Command: HQ Edinburgh
Scotland and Berwick-on-Tweed (for regular and militia only)
Regular Troops in the Command
2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Edinburgh
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow
Regiment): Fort George
2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Rossshire Buffs,
The Duke of Albany's): Glasgow
12th Field Regiment, RA: Dunbar
49th/91st Battery
Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: Edinburgh
Scottish Command Signals, RCS: Edinburgh
HQ Royal Artillery, Fixed Defences, Scottish Ports: HQ LeithForth Fire Command: Leith
Clyde Fire Command: Gourock
Orkneys Fire Command
HIGHLAND AREA : HQ Perth
Counties of Sutherland, Caithness, Ross and Cromarty, Inver-
ness, Nairn, Morayshire, Banffshire, Aberreenshire, Kincardi-
neshire, Angus, Perthshire, Kinross, Fifeshire, Clackmannan,
Stirling, Dumbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Bute, and Argyllshire
(except for Clyde and Forth Defences and Renfrew Fortress RE)
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment): Perth
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of
Albany's): Fort George
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The Gordon Highlanders: Aberdeen
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Inverness
The Argyll and Sutherlander Highlanders (Princess Louise's):
Stirling
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
51st (Highland) Infantry Division: HQ Cragie, Perth
HQ Royal Artillery: Cragie, Perth
75th (Highland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 299th, 300th (City of Aberdeen) Btrys: Aberdeen76th (Highland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 303rd (City of Dundee) Btry: Dundee
302nd (Fife) Btry: Leven
77th (Highland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 305th, 306th (Renfrew) Btrys: Greenock
51st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 204th (Oban) Btry: Oban
201st (Argyll) Btry: Campbeltown
202nd (Bute) Btry: Rothesay
203rd (Ross) Btry: Stornoway
HQ Royal Engineers: Aberdeen
236th (City of Aberdeen) Field Company, RE: Aberbeen
237th (City of Dundee) Field Company, RE: Dundee238th (County of Renfrewshire) Field Company, RE:
Paisley
239th (City of Aberdeen) Field Park Company, RE:
Aberdeen
51st Divisional Signals: Aberdeen
152nd Infantry Brigade: HQ Inverness
4th (Rossshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
(Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's):
Strathpeffer
6th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
(Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's): Elgin
4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:
Inverness
153rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Aberdeen4th (City of Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal
Highland Regiment): Dundee
5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion, The Gordon
Highlanders: Bucksburn
6th (Banffshire) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders:
Keith
154th Infantry Brigade: HQ Stirling
6th (Perthshire) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal
Highland Regiment): Perth
7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's): Stirling
8th (Argyllshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (Princess Louise's): Oban9th (Scottish) Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
126th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 297th, 298th (City of Aberbeen) Btrys: Aberdeen
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127th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Leven
301st (Angus) Btry: Arbroath
304th (City of Dundee) Btry: Dundee
128th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 308th (Renfrew) Btry: Greenock
307th (Renfrew) Btry: Glasgow
61st Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 241st-244th Btrys: Rothesay
HQ Royal Engineers
274th, 275th, 276th Field Companies RE277th Field Park Company, RE
9th Divisional Signals
26th Infantry Brigade
5th (Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, The Seaforth
Highlanders (Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of
Albany's): Golspie
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
(Rossshire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's): Forres
5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:
Inverness
27th Infantry Brigade
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment): Dundee7th (Mars and Mearns) Battalion, The Gordon
Highlanders: Banchory
9th (Donside) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders:
Huntley
28th Infantry Brigade: HQ Stirling
7th (Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland
Regiment): Kirkaldy
10th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's): Stirling
11th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's): Dunoon
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
The Lovat Scouts: Inverness
The Scottish Horse: Dunkeld
1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry: Kircaldy
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry: Dundee
4th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
Machine Gun: Aberdeen
8th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
Machine Gun: Aberdeen
5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Machine Gun: Paisley
6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Machine Gun: :Paisley
56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 174th (North Scottish) Btry: Aberdeen
221st (Peterhead) Btry: Peterhead
65th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 222nd (Fraserborough) Btry: Fraserborough
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223rd (Banffshire) Btry: Banff
54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 160th Btry: Dumbarton Castle
161st Btry: Alexandria
162nd Btry: Clyde Bank
58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 172nd-174th Btrys: Clydebank
Orkney Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 191st Btry: KirkwallFife Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 173rd Btry: Broughty Ferry
163rd Btry: Kirkcaldy
The Orkney (Fortress) RE: Kirkwall
LOWLAND AREA : HQ Glasgow
Counties of West Lothian, Midlothian, East Lothian, Berwick
(inc. Berwick-on-Tweed for regular and militia troops), Rox-
burghshire, Dumfrieshire, Kircudbrightshire, Wigtown, Ayrshire,
Lanarkshire, Peebleshire, Selkirk, and parts of Fife, Dumbarton,
Renfrew and Argyll listed as not in Highland Area.
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment): Milton Bridge
The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Ayr
The King's Own Scottish Borderers: Berwick-on-Tweed
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles): Hamilton
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment):
Maryhill, Glasgow
Militia in the Area
14th Searchlight Depot, RA: Troon
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division: HQ Glasgow
HQ Royal Artillery: HQ 51, Yorkshill Parade, Overnewton,
Glasgow
78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 309th (1st City of Edinburgh), 310th (2nd City
of Edinburgh) Btrys: Edinburgh
79th (Lowland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 313th (Ayr) Btry: Ayr
314th (Irvine) Btry: Irvine
80th (Lowland-City of Glasgow) Field Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 317th (1st City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow318th (2nd City of Glasgow) Btry: Maryhill, Glasgow
54th (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 213th, 214th (Queen's Own Glasgow Yeomanry)
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Btrys: Glasgow C. 3
215th (5th City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow S.W. 1
216th (Clyde) Btry: Helenburgh
HQ Royal Engineers: Rutherglen
240th (Lowland) Field Company, RE: Coatbridge
241st (Lowland) Field Company, RE: Motherwell
242nd (Lowland) Field Company, RE: Rutherglen
243rd (Lowland) Field Park Company, RE: Rutherglen
52nd Divisional Signals: Glasgow
155th Infantry Brigade: HQ Edinburgh
7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (TheRoyal Regiment): Edinburgh
4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish
Borderers: Galashiels
5th (Dumfrieshire) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish
Borderers: Dumfries
156th Infantry Brigade: HQ Glasgow
4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Ayr
6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles): Hamilton
7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):
Glasgow
157th Infantry Brigade: HQ Glasgow
5th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City ofGlasgow Regiment): Glasgow
6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of
Glasgow Regiment): Glasgow
1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland
Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment):
Maryhill, Glasgow
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
129th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 311th (Midlothian) Btry: Edinburgh
312th (5th City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow
130th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 316th (Kilmarnock) Btry: Kilmarnock315th (Kircudbright) Btry: Kircudbright
131st Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 320th (4th City of Glasgow) Btry: Glasgow
319th (3rd City of Glasgow) Btry: Townhead, Glasgow
64th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 253rd-256th Btrys: Milngavie
HQ Royal Engineers: Ballieston
278th Field Company, RE: Ballieston
279th Field Company, RE: Bellshill
280th Field Company, RE: Bishopbriggs
281st Field Park Company, RE: Rutherglen
15th Divisional Signals
44th Infantry Brigade8th (Lothians and Peebleshire) Battalion, The Royal
Scots (The Royal Regiment): Edinburgh
4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish
Borderers: Hawick
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7th (Galloway) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish
Borderers: St. Boswell's
45th Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Hawick
9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles):
Glasgow
10th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles): Wishaw
46th Infantry Brigade
10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of
Glasgow Regiment): Glasgow11th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of
Glasgow Regiment): Glasgow
2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland
Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment):
Maryhill, Glasgow
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
The Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own): Ayr
The Lanarkshire Yeomanry: Lanark
1st Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry: Edinburgh
2nd Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry: Ladybank
57th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 225th, 226th (City of Edinburgh) Btrys: Edinburgh
66th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 227th (Haddington) Btry: Prestonpans
228th (Peebleshire and Midlothian) Btry: Leith
Fixed Defences in the Area, Territorial Army
Forth Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 160th, 161st, 162nd Btrys: Edinburgh
Clyde Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 171st Btry: Port Glasgow
The Renfrewshire Fortress RE: Greenock
Nos. 1, 2 (EL & W) Coys: Greenock
The City of Edinburgh (Fortress) RE: EdinburghNo. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Edinburgh
Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command
103rd (Glasgow) Army Troops Company, RE: Maryhill, Glasgow
109th (Glagow) Workshop and Park Company, RE: Glasgow
GHQ Signals: Glasgow
No. 1 Company: Glasgow
No. 3 Company: Edinburgh
SOUTHERN COMMAND
Southern Command
Counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire,
Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Windsor for regular troops and
that part in Aldershot Command), Oxfordshire, Hampshire (except
that part in Aldershot Command), Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, De-
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vonshire, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire (except Beachley)
and Worcestershire.
Field Troops (Regular)
1st Armoured Division: HQ Priory Lodge, Andore
1st Armoured Divisional Signals, RCS: Bulford
1st Light Armoured Brigade: HQ Tidworth
1st King's Dragoon Guards: Aldershot
3rd The King's Own Hussars: Tidworth
4th Queen's Own Hussars: Tidworth2nd Light Armoured Brigade: HQ Tidworth
The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards): Tidworth
9th Queen's Royal Lancers: Tidworth
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own): Tidworth
1st Heavy Armoured Brigade: HQ Perham Down
2nd Royal Tank Regiment: Farnborough
3rd Royal Tank Regiment: Warminster
5th Royal Tank Regiment: Perham Down
1st Support Group: HQ Tidworth
2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Tidworth
1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's
Own): Tidworth
1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery: BulfordA/E, B/O Batteries
2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery: Bulford
L/N, H/I Batteries
1st Field Squadron, RE: Aldershot
1st Field Park Troop, RE: Tidworth
3rd Infantry Division: HQ Bulford
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
7th Field Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp
9th/17th, 16th/43rd Batteries
23rd Field Regiment, RA: Exeter
60th/100th, 89th/90th Batteries
33rd Field Regiment, RA: Larkhill
114th/109th, 101st/113th Batteries
20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Catterick Camp41st, 45th, 67th, 99th Batteries
2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's
Own) Machine Gun: New Barracks, Gosport
246th (Welsh) Field Company, RE, T.A.: Cardiff - Attached
248th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE, T.A.: Bedford -
Attached
253rd (West Lancshire) Field Company, RE, T.A.: St. Helens -
Attached
15th Field Park Company, RE: Bulford
3rd Divisional Signals: Bulford
7th Infantry Brigade (Guards): HQ Pirbright
1st, 2nd Battalions, The Grenadier Guards: Pirbright
1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards: Chelsea Barracks,London
7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) Anti-Tank Company:
Pirbright
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8th Infantry Brigade: HQ Crownhill, Plymouth
1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Devonport
2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of
York's Own): Plymouth
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment:
Plymouth
8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Plymouth
9th Infantry Brigade: HQ Portsmouth
2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Portland
1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers:
Portsmouth2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles: Parkhurst
9th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Portsmouth
Other Regular Troops in the Command
8th Royal Tank Regiment: Perham Down
9th Field Regiment, RA: Bulford
19th/28th, 20th/26th Batteries
6th/23rd Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment, RA: Larkhill
3rd Medium Regiment, RA: Larkhill
2nd/11th, 6th/10th Batteries
4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Bulford
16th, 18th Anti-Aircraft Batteries20th Anti-Aircraft Battery - To Alexandria, Egypt on
5 September 1939.
23rd Anti-Aircraft Battery - Formed 5 September 1939 to
replace 20th Battery.
3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
1st Survey Regiment, RA: Larkhill
A, B Batteries
2nd Survey Regiment, RA: Larkhill - Raised 3 September 1939
from 1st Survey Regiment
A, B Batteries
2nd Searchlight Regiment, RA: Portsmouth
A, B Batteries
58th (Chemical Defence) Company, RE: Porton
Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: BristolNos. 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS:
Bulford
Southern Command Signals, RCS: Salisbury
SALISBURY PLAIN AREA : HQ Salisbury
The County of Wiltshire (withln the following boundaries):
The Great Western Railway from the bridge over the River Avon at
Freshford to the aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal (1.5 miles
west of Bradford-on-Avon), thence the Kennet and Avon Canal to
Devizes, The Depot The Wiltshire Regiment, Devizes (on the north
bank of the canal), thence the Kennet and Avon Canal to theCounty boundary at Fraxfield, thence the county boundary from
Fraxfield to the road Fordingbidge-Salisbury at Downton. Thence
the road Fordingbridge-Salisbury from the county boundary at
Downton to Salisbury; Salisbury; the road Salisbury-Wilton-Great
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Wishford-Codford-Hegtesbury, the road Warminster-Frome to the
county boundary at Whitbourne; thence the county boundary near
Whitbourne to the Great Western Railway Bridge over the River
Avon near Freshford.
That portion of Hampshire including Tidworth and Western
District land adjacent.
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's): Devizes
Militia in the Area
2nd Field Depot, RA: Fargo
SOUTH MIDLAND AREA : HQ Oxford
Counties of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire,
Buckinghamshire, Berkshire (except Windsor for regular troops and
portions in Aldershot Command), Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire
(except Beachley), Worcestershire, and Wlltshire north of the
Salisbury Plain Area.
Regular Troops in the Command
1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess
Victoria's): Thame, Oxfordshire
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment: Warwick
The Gloucestershire Regiment: Bristol
The Worcestershire Regiment: Worcester
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Oxford
The Northamptonshire Regiment: Northampton
The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of
Wales's): Reading
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
20th Light Armoured Brigade
1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars: Gloucester
1st, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry: Northampton
48th (South Midland) Infantry Division: HQ Oxford
HQ Royal Artillery: Manor House, Oxford
67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 265th (Worcester) Btry: Worcester
266th (Worcester) Btry: Malvern
68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 269th (Warwick) Btry: Birmingham
271st (Warwick) Btry: Leamington
99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Army
Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
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HQ, 393rd (Royal Bucks Yeomanry) Btry: Aylesbury
394th (Royal Bucks Yeomanry) Btry: Taplow
53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 209th (Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars
Yeomanry) Btry: Kidderminster
210th (Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars
Yeomanry) Btry: King's Heath, Birmingham
211th (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry)
Btry: Oxford
212th (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomany)Btry: Easington, Banbury
HQ Royal Engineers: Bristol
224th (South Midland) Field Company, RE: Bristol
225th (South Midland) Field Company, RE: Birmingham
226th (South Midland) Field Company, RE: Reading
227th (South Midland) Field Park Company, RE:
Birmingham
48th Divisional Signals: Birmingham
143rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Birmingham
1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:
Coventry
8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:
Birmingham5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, The Northamptonshire
Regiment: Peterborough
144th Infantry Brigade: HQ Worcester
5th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Gloucester
7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment:
Kidderminster
8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Worcester
145th Infantry Brigade: HQ Reading
4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry: Oxford
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Oxford
4th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (PrincessCharlotte of Wales's): Reading
61st Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
119th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 268th (Worcester) Btry: Dudley
267th (Worcester) Btry: Easemore
120th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 270th (Warwick) Btry: Birmingham
272nd (Warwick) Btry: Rugby
145th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 396th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Btry: Newbury
395th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Btry: Windsor63rd Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 249th-252nd Btrys: Oxford
HQ Royal Engineers: Olton
266th Field Company, RE: Olton
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267th Field Company, RE: Olton
61st Divisional Signals
182nd Infantry Brigade
2nd/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:
Nuneaton
9th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment:
Birmingham
9th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Oldbury
183rd Infantry Brigade
7th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Stroud
10th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Evesham184th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry: Oxford
2nd Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Slough
6th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess
Charlotte of Wales's): Reading
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment: Northampton
The Warwickshire Yeomanry: Warwick - Attached to 6th Cavalry
Brigade2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars: Bristol - Attached to 22nd
Heavy Armoured Brigade
44th Royal Tank Regiment: Bristol - Attached to 21st Army
Tank Brigade
50th Royal Tank Regiment: Bristol - Attached to 23rd Army
Tank Brigade
214th (2nd West Riding) Medium Battery, 63rd Medium
Regiment, RA: Huddersfield
3rd Survey Regiment, RA
HQ, A, B Btrys: Bristol
5th Survey Regiment, RA
HQ, A, B Btrys: Bristol
268th Field Company, RE: Olton
269th Field Park Company, RE: Olton212th (North Midland) Field Company, RE: Smethwick
215th (North Midland) Field Park Company, RE: Smethwick
SOUTH-WESTERN AREA : HQ Devonport
Counties of Somerset, Dorsetshire, Devonshire and Cornwall, those
portions of Wiltshire not included in South Midland and Salisbury
Plain Areas, and that part of Hampshire lying west of the South-
ern Railway between the county boundary of Downton and the county
boundary at Fordingbridge station.
Regular Troops in the Area
1st Heavy Regiment, RA: Plymouth3rd, 5th, 16th, 28th Batteries
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
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The Devonshire Regiment: Exeter
The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's): Taunton
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry: Bodmin
The Doresetshire Regiment: Dorchester
Militia in the Area
8th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Yeovil
20th Searchlight Depot, RA: Yeovil
22nd Searchlight Depot, RA: Taunton
3rd Infantry Training Group: Newton Abbott
Portland Defences: HQ Weymouth
Portland Fire Command: Weymouth
Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 179th Btry: Weymouth
180th Btry: Portland
186th Btry: Poole
Dorsetshire (Fortress) RE, (T.A.): Weymouth
No. 1 (EL & W), No. AA Coy: Weymouth
Plymouth and Falmouth Defences: HQ Plymouth
HQ Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, South-Western Ports: HQ
The Royal Citadel, Plymouth
Rame Fire Command: Plymouth
Drake's Fire Command: Plymouth
Wembury Fire Command: Plymouth
Devonshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 157th (Devon) Btry: Lambhay Hill, Plymouth
158th (Devon) Btry: Plympton
164th (Cornwall) Btry: Devonport
193rd Btry: Falmouth
Devon and Cornwall (Fortress) RE, (T.A.): Plymouth
No. 1 (EL & W), No. 2 (EL), No. 3 (EL) Coys: Plymouth
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division: HQ Salisbury
HQ Royal Artillery: Langton House, Churchfields,
Salisbury
94th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 224th (Dorset) Btry: Dorchester
218th (Bournemouth) Btry: Bournemouth
112th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 217th, 220th (Wiltshire) Btrys: Swindon
141st Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 376th (Dorset Yeomanry) Btry: Sherborne
375th (Dorset Yeomanry) Btry: Shaftsbury59th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Anti-Tank
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 233rd-236th Btrys: Portsmouth
HQ Royal Engineers: Bath
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204th (Wessex) Field Company, RE: Bath
260th Field Company, RE: Chippenham
207th (Wessex) Field Park Company, RE: Bath
43rd Divisional Signals: Exeter
128th Infantry Brigade: HQ Southampton
1st/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Winchester
2nd/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Southampton
5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Southampton
129th Infantry Brigade: HQ Bath
4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince
Albert's): Bath4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of
Edinburgh's): Trowbridge
5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of
Edinburgh's): Trowbridge
130th Infantry Brigade: HQ Exeter
7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: Bournemouth
4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment: Dorchester
5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment: Poole
45th Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 373rd (West Somerset Yeomanry) Btry: Taunton
374th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Btry: Shepton Mallet96th (Royal Devonshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 381st (Torverton) Btry: Exeter
382nd (Totnes) Btry: Totnes
142nd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Dartmouth
384th (South Molton) Btry: Banstaple
383rd (Torrington) Btry: Torrington
69th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 273rd-276th Btrys: Gosport
HQ Royal Engineers
205th (Wessex) Field Company, RE: Weston-super-Mare
259th Field Company, RE
261st Field Park Company, RE45th Divisional Signals
134th Infantry Brigade
4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Exeter
6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Barnstaple
8th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Exmouth
135th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry
(Prince Albert's): Taunton
6th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry
(Prince Albert's): Wells
7th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry
(Prince Albert's): Bridgewater
136th Infantry Brigade9th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment: Barnstaple
4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry:
Truro
5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry:
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St. Austell
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own):
Trowbridge
The North Somerset Yeomanry: Bath
5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
Machine Gun: Plymouth
7th (Haytor) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment M-G: Torquay
51st (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 151st (Devon) Btry: Exeter
152nd (Devon) Btry: Paignton
153rd (Devon) Btry: Crelake, Tavistock
55th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 163rd-165th Btrys: Exeter
Southern Area: HQ Salisbury
Hampshire (excluding those portions of the county Included in
Aldershot Command and Salisbury Plain and South-Western Areas.
Regular Troops in the Area
1st Medium Regiment, RA: Portsmouth
1st/3rd, 5th/22nd Batteries
4th Medium Regiment, RA: Fort Brockhurst
9th/13th, 14th/16th Batteries
4th Fortress Company, RE: Gosport
19th Field Survey Company, RE: Fort Southwich, Fareham
The Experimental Bridging Establishment, RE: Christchurch
The Survey Battalion, RE (Less 4 detachments): Southampton
Depot, The Hampshire Regiment: Winchester
The Rifle Depot: Winchester
Militia in the Area
7th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Devizes9th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Blandford
19th Searchlight Depot, RA: Devizes
21st Searchlight Depot, RA: Blandford
Portsmouth Defences: HQ Portsmouth
Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Southern Ports: HQ Cambridge
Barracks, Portsmouth
Needles Fire Command: Isle of Wight
Culver Fire Command: Isle of Wight
Horse Sand Fire Command: Portsmouth
Square Tower Fire Command: Portsmouth
Hampshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 153rd Btry: Southampton
154th Btry: East Leigh
155th Btry: Portsmouth
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The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Newport, Isle of Wight
189th Btry: Cowes
190th Btry: Ryde
Hampshire (Fortress) RE, (T.A.): Portsmouth
No. 1, No. 2 (206th)(EL & W) Coys: Portsmouth
Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command
No. 4 (South Midland) Company, Air Formation Signals, RCS:Birmingham
Nos. 31, 32 Wireless Sections, GHQ Signals: Coventry
WESTERN COMMAND
Western Command: HQ Chester
Wales and the Counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lan-
cashire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Cheshire, and
Beachley, Gloucestershire. The Isle of Man and the coast defence
garrisons of Berehaven, Queenstown and (for the purpose of tech-
nical training only) Lough Switly.
Field Troops (Regular)
2nd Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment):
Pembroke Dock, South Wales
2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: HQ Lichfield
1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Lichfield
1st, 2nd, 17th Anti-Aircraft Batteries
4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA: Lichfield
4th, 5th, 6th Anti-Aircraft Batteries
2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Other Regular Troops in the Command
Western Command Signals: Chester
Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, North-Western Ports: HQ
Liverpool
Mersey Fire Command: Liverpool
Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Welsh Ports: HQ Defensible
Barracks, Pembroke Dock
Milford Haven Fire Command: Pembroke
Severn Fire Command: Barry Island
Welsh Area: HQ Shrewsbury
Wales and Shropshire, Herefordshire and Beachley (Gloucestershire)
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Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Wrexham
The South Wales Borderers: Brecon
The Welch Regiment: Cardiff
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry: Shrewsbury
Militia in the Area
3rd Field Depot, RA: Oswesting
4th Field Depot, RA: Kinmel10th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Oswesting
11th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Oswesting
15th Searchlight Depot, RA: Oswesting
16th Searchlight Depot, RA: Kinmel
17th Searchlight Depot, RA: Hereford
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division: HQ Shrewbury
HQ Royal Artillery: Morfe House Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury
81st (Welsh) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 323rd (Glamorgan) Btry: Port Talbot
324th (Glamorgan) Btry: Bridgend83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 329th (Monmouth) Btry: Newport
330th (Monmouth) Btry: Cross Keys
133rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 331st (Momouth) Btry: Griffithstown
332nd (Radnor) Btry: Knighton, Radnor
60th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 237th-240th Btrys: Flint
HQ Royal Engineers: Swansea
244th (Welsh) Field Company, RE: Swansea
245th (Welsh) Field Company, RE: Neath
282nd Field Company, RE: Port Talbot
285th Field Park Company, RE: Goreinon53rd Divisional Signals: Cardiff
158th Infantry Brigade: HQ Wrexham
4th (Denbigh) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers:
Wrexham
6th (Carnarvon and Angesley) Battalion, The Royal Welch
Fusiliers: Caernarvon
7th (Merioneth and Montgomery) Battalion, The Royal
Welch Fusiliers: Newtown
159th Infantry Brigade: HQ Newport
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry:
Shrewsbury
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, The South
Wales Borderers: Abergavenny1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment, The King's
Shropshire Light Infantry: Hereford
160th Infantry Brigade: HQ Cardiff
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4th (Llanelly) Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Llanelly
1st/5th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment:
Pontypridd
2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, The South
Wales Borderers: Pontypool
38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
102nd (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) Army Field
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 405th (Pembroke Yeomanry) Btry: Pembroke Dock
406th (Pembroke Yeomanry) Btry: Haversford West132nd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 322nd (Glamorgan) Btry: Neath
321st (Glamorgan) Btry: Swansea
146th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 408th (Cardigan) Btry: Aberystwyth
407th (Cardigan) Btry: Cardigan
HQ Royal Engineers: Cardiff
283rd Field Company, RE: Barry
284th Field Company, RE: Cardiff
247th (Welsh) Field Park Company, RE: Goreinon
38th Divisional Signals
113th Infantry Brigade
15th (Carmarthanshire) Battalion, The Welch Regiment:Llanelly
2nd/5th Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Swansea
4th Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment, The South
Wales Borderers: Newport
114th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry:
Ross-on-Wye
The Brecknockshire Battalion, The South Wales
Borderers: Brecon
2nd Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment, The King's
Shropshire Light Infantry: Hereford
115th Infantry Brigade
8th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Wrexham
9th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Conway10th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: Newtown
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
The Shropshire Yeomanry: Shrewsbury
70th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 277th-280th Btrys: Mold
61st (Carnarvon and Denbighshire (Yeomanry)) Medium
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 243rd (Denbigh) Btry: Colyn Bay
242nd (Carnarvon) Btry: Llandudno
69th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 241st (Carnarvon) Btry: Bangor244th (Denbigh) Btry: Wrexham
246th (Welsh) Field Company, RE: Cardiff
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Coast Defence, Territorial Army, in the Area
Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 181st Btry: Drill Hall, Cardiff
East Riding Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 182nd, 183rd Btrys: Hull
Pembrokeshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 184th Btry: Milford Haven
185th Btry: Saundershaven
Glamorgan (Fortress) RE: Burry
No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: BurryCarmarthanshire (Fortress) RE: Llanelly
No. 2 AA Coy: Llanelly
No. 1 (Electrical Lights and Work) Coy: Carmarthan
West Lancashire Area: HQ Liverpool
Lancaster South and west of a line all inclusive, Bispham,
Poulton-le-Fylde, Catterall, Chipping, Mellon, Chorley, Turton,
Kearsley, Irlam (less Fulwood Barracks, Preston); Cheshire and
Staffordshire.
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The King's Regiment (Liverpool): Seaforth
The Cheshire Regiment: Chester
The South Staffordshire Regiment: Lichfield
The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's
Volunteers): Warrington
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's):
Lichfield
Militia in the Area
12th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Saighton
18th Searchlight Depot, RA: Saighton
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
6th Cavalry Brigade: HQ 19 Magazine Square, Leicester
The Cheshire Yeomanry (The Earl of Chester's): Chester
The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal
Regiment): Stafford
23rd Army Tank Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Score Lane, Liverpool
40th Royal Tank Regiment: Liverpool and Bootle
46th Royal Tank Regiment: Liverpool
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55th (West Lancashire) Division: HQ Liverpool1
HQ Royal Artillery: St. George Building, Lime Street,
Liverpool
61st (North Midland) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 241st, 242nd (North Staffordshire) Btrys:
Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
87th (1st West Lancashire) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 345th (1st West Lancashire) 346th (2nd West
Lancashire) Btrys: Edge Hill, Liverpool
116th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Hanley243rd (Leek) Btry: Leek
244th (Stafford) Btry: Stafford
136th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 347th (3rd West Lancashire), 348th (25th West
Lancashire) Btrys: Edge Hill, Liverpool
66th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 261st-264th Btrys: Crosby
HQ Royal Engineers: Aigburth
509th, 510th Field Companies, RE: Liverpool
511th Field Park Company, RE: Liverpool
5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Machine
Gun: Bolton
6th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) MachineGun: Bolton
55th Divisional Signals: Liverpool
164th Infantry Brigade: HQ Warrington
9th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
1st/4th, 2nd/4th Battalions, The South Lancashire
Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers):
Warrington
165th Infantry Brigade: HQ Liverpool
5th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
1st, 2nd Battalions, The Liverpool Scottish, The
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: Liverpool
166th Infantry Brigade: HQ Ashford House, Burton-on-Trent
7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:
Brownhills6th, 7th Battalions, The North Staffordshire Regiment
(The Prince of Wales's): Burton-on-Trent
177th Infantry Brigade: HQ Burton Manor, Stafford
5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:
Walsall
1st/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:
Wolverhampton
2nd/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:
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Coast Defence, Territorial Army, in the Area
Lancashire and Cheshire Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 177th Btry: Liverpool
178th Btry: Seacombe, Wallasey
Lancashire (Fortress) RE: Liverpool
No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Liverpool
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Chester
5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
Machine Gun: Knutsford
6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Stockport
7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Macclesfield
106th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Lancashire Yeomanry)
(T.A.)
HQ, 423rd, 424th (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) Btrys: 76
Shaw Street, Liverpool
149th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Lancashire Yeomanry)
(T.A.)
HQ, 432nd, 433rd Btrys: Hoylake
88th (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)HQ, 352nd (26th West Lancashire) Btry: Preston
351st (11th West Lancashire) Btry: Blackpool
137th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ: Blackpool
349th (9th West Lancashire) Btry: Preston
350th (10th West Lancashire) Btry: Lancaster
51st (Midland) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 215th (Staffordshire) Btry: Stoke-on-Trent
240th (Shropshire Horse Artillery) Btry: Shrewsbury
59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 235th, 236th (West Lancashire) Btrys: Liverpool
63rd Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 216th (Staffordshire) Btry: Stoke-on-Trent
214th (2nd West Riding) Btry: Hudersfield - Detached68th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 233rd, 234th (West Lancashire) Btry: Liverpool
HQ Mobile Divisional RE: Liverpool
2nd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, RE: Birkenhead
3rd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, RE: Wallasey
141st Field Park Troop, RE: Liverpool
142nd Field Park Troop, RE
252nd (West Lancashire) Field Company, RE: St. Helens
253rd (West Lancashire) Field Company, RE: St. Helens
254th (West Lancashire) Field Park Company, RE: Liverpool
213th (North Midland) Field Company, RE: Cannock
214th (North Midland) Field Company, RE: Tunstall
290th Field Company, RE: Rowley Regis291st Field Company, RE: Walsall
292nd Field Company, RE: The Potteries
293rd Field Park Company, RE: Stafford
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EAST LANCASHIRE AREA : HQ Manchester
Cumberland, Westmoreland, Fulwood Barracks, Preston and that
part of Lancaster not in the West Lancashire Area.
Regular Infantry Depots in the Area
The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster): Lancaster
The Lancashire Fusiliers: Bury
The East Lancashire Regiment: Preston
The Border Regiment: CarlisleThe Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire): Preston
The Manchester Regiment: Ashton-under-Lyme
Militia in the Area
13th Anti-Aircraft Depot, RA: Carlisle
23rd Searchlight Depot, RA: Carlisle
Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area
24th Army Tank Brigade
41st Royal Tank Regiment: Oldham, Manchester
42nd Royal Tank Regiment: Manchester
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division: HQ Manchester
HQ Royal Artillery: 145, Withington Road, Whalley Range,
Manchester, 16
51st (Westmoreland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 370th (Cumberland Yeomanry) Btry: Carlisle
203rd (Cumberland) Btry: Whitehaven
52nd (Manchester) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 205th, 206th Btrys: Manchester
53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 209th, 210th (East Lancashire) Btrys: Bolton
56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 221st-224th Btrys: UlverstonHQ Royal Engineers: Manchester
200th (East Lancashire) Field Company, RE: Manchester
201st (East Lancashire) Field Company, RE: Manchester
202nd (East Lancashire) Field Company, RE: Manchester
203rd (East Lancashire) Field Park Company, RE: Smethwick
42nd Divisional Signals: Manchester
125th Infantry Brigade: HQ Bury
1st/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Bury
1st/6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Rochdale
1st/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Salford
126th Infantry Brigade: HQ Carlisle
5th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster): Leonardgate, Lancaster4th (Westmoreland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:
Kendal
5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:
Workington
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127th Infantry Brigade: HQ Ashton-under-Lyme
4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment: Blackburn
5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Wigan
8th (Ardwick) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment:
Ardwick, Manchester
66th Infantry Division
HQ Royal Artillery
109th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 204th (Cumberland Yeomanry) Btry: Workington
369th (Westmoreland Yeomanry) Btry: Carlisle110th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 207th, 208th (East Lancashire) Btrys:
Manchester
111th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
HQ, 211th, 212th (East Lancashire) Btrys: Bolton
HQ Royal Engineers: Manchester
255th, 256th Field Companies, RE: Manchester
258th Field Park Company, RE: Manchester
66th Divisional Signals
197th Infantry Brigade
2nd/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Bury
2nd/6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers:
Middleton5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment: Burnley
198th Infantry Brigade
8th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool):
Liverpool
6th (East Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:
Carlisle
7th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment:
Whitehaven
199th Infantry Brigade: HQ Ashton-under-Lyme
2nd/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Kersal
6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Leigh
7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment: Didsbury
Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area
The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry: Manchester
1st/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
Machine Gun: Ashton-under-Lyme
2nd/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
Machine Gun: Andenshaw
52nd (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)
HQ, 155th (East Lancashire) Btry: Burnley
154th (East Lancashire) Btry: Church
156th (East Lancashire) Btry: Clitheroe
56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.)HQ, 166th-168th Btrys: Oswaldtwistle
257th Field Company, RE: Manchester
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Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command
100th, 101st (Monmouth) Army Troops Companies, RE: Monmouth
104th (East Lancashire) Army Troops Company, RE: Manchester
105th (West Lancashire) Army Troops Company, RE: Liverpool
154th (Great Western) Railway Operating Company, RE: Newport
No. 2 Company, LOC Signals, RCS: Manchester
No. 3 (West Lancashire) Company, LOC Signals: Liverpool
No. 1 (East Lancashire) Corps Medium Artillery Section, RCS:
Manchester
THE BRITISH ARMY OVERSEAS AND THE COLONIES
I. The Atlantic
A. The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands Defence Force: Port Stanley
B. Newfoundland
The Newfoundland Militia: St. John's
C. St. Helena
The St. Helena Rifles
D. Bermuda
One Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light
Infantry
Detachment, The Royal Engineers
The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps: Hamilton
The Bermuda Militia
The Bermuda Militia Artillery: Hamilton
The Bermuda Volunteer Engineers - attached to Bermuda
Volunteer Rifle Corps
II. The Caribbean
A. Barbados
The Barbados Volunteer Force
B. Jamaica
Jamaica Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
44th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
2nd Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery (Cadre): Kingston
and Port Royal
2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
(Less one company)
The Kingston Infantry Volunteers: KingstonThe Jamaica Militia Artillery: Defended Port of
Kingston and Port Royal
The Jamaica Engineer Corps
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C. The Leeward Islands
The Antigua Defence Force: Antigua
The Dominica Defence Force: Dominica
The Montserrat Defence Force: Montserrat
The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force: Basseterre
D. Trinidad
The Trinidad Volunteers
The Trinidad Light Horse
The Trinidad Light Infantry
The Trinidad Volunteer Reserve of EuropeansThe Trinidad Volunteer Artillery: Port O'Prince
E. The Windward Islands
The Grenada Volunteer Corps: Grenada
The St. Lucia Volunteer Corps: St. Lucia
The St. Vincent Volunteer Corps: St. Vincent
III. British Guiana
The British Guiana Militia
The British Guiana Militia Artillery: Georgetown
IV. British Honduras
The British Honduras Defence Force
V. China
A. Shanghai Area
The Shanghai Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
Detachment, Royal Engineers
2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
The Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Shanghai Light Horse 'A' Company (British),
Mih-Ho-Loong RiflesAmerican Troop Jewish Company
Armoured Car Company Light Automatic (Air Defence)
Company
'C' Machine-Gun Company American Company
Shanghai Field Company Portuguese Company
Signal Company American Machine-Gun Company
Japanese Company Phillipine Company
Interpreter Company (Chinese) Shanghai Russian Regiment
- 'C' Battalion
'B' Company (British) Transport Company
Shanghai Scottish Company 'H' Company - Reserve
B. Tientsin AreaThe Tientsin Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
'A' Company plus one platoon, 1st Battalion, The Durham
Light Infantry - Pekin
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Detachment, Royal Engineers
C. Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
8th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
12th, 20th, 24th, 30th Heavy Batteries, RA;
X Heavy Battery, HKSRA
5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th, 9th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
22nd, 40th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
1st Hong Kong Medium Regiment, Hong Kong-SingaporeRoyal Artillery
1st, 2nd Mountain Batteries, HKSRA; 3rd, 4th
Medium Batteries, HKSRA
The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
1st Battery - Cape D'Aguilan
2nd Battery - Bluff Head, Stanley
3rd Battery - Aberdeen Island
4th Battery - Pak Sha Wan
5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery - Sai Wan Hill
Field Company Engineers - Fanling and Forward Area
Signals - Hong Kong Island
Armoured Car Platoon - Forward Area
No. 1 Company - Kai Tak AirfieldNo. 2 (Scottish) Company - Sheko Peninsula
No. 3 (Eurasian) Company - Stonecutter's Island
No. 4 (Chinese) Company - HighWest and Mt. Kellett
No. 5 Company - Mount Davis
No. 6 (Portuguese) Company - North Shin, Naval
Yard to Causeway
No. 7 Company - Magasin Gap and Wanchui Gap
The Stanley Platoon - Stanley
Army Service Corps Company - HQ Deepwater Bay
The Hughe's Group (Hughesiliers) - Northern Point
The Hong Kong Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots
1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment M-G:Nagking Barracks, Sam Shui Pu, Mainland
1st Kumaon Rifles, 19th Hyderabad Regiment:
Whitfield Barracks, Hong Kong
VI. Ceylon
HQ Ceylon Defence Force: Colombo, Ceylon
The Ceylon Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
6th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Colombo and
Trincomalee
15th Heavy Battery, RA; 14th Anti-Aircraft
Battery, RA
18th Heavy Battery, RA: Diyatalawa31st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
The Ceylon Garrison Artillery (Volunteer): Galle, Buck
Fort Road, Colombo
1st Heavy, 2nd Heavy, 3rd AA, 4th Heavy Batteries
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located at Galle Face, Battenburg, Rockhouse
The Ceylon Mounted Rifles: Kandy
The Ceylon Planter's Rifles Corps: Kandy
The Ceylon Light Infantry: Colombo
The Ceylon Cadet Battalion: Colombo
The Ceylon Engineers: Ceylon
VII. Burma
The Rangoon Brigade Area: HQ Rangoon
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Mingladon1 Company, 1st Battalion, The Goucestershire Regiment:
Sale Barracks, Rangoon
Detachments, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire
Regiment: Syriam and Dry Tree Point
1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Mingaladon
12th Battalion, The Burma Rifles, Burma Territorial Force: Mingaladon
The Rangoon University Training Corps, Burma
Territorial Force: Rangoon
The Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma
Auxiliary Force: Dry Tree Point
The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force:
Moulmein (One Company at Tavoy)
The Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force: RangoonThe Burma Railways Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force:
Rangoon
1st, 2nd Rangoon Battalions, Burma Military Police:
Rangoon
The Maymyo Infantry Brigade Area: HQ Maymyo
2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry:
Maymyo
2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Maymyo
3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Maymyo
4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Fort Dufferin,
Mandalay
1st Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners (Forming):
Mandalay2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: Maymyo
13th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners: Mandalay
11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles, Burma Territorial
Force: Mandalay
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force:
Maymyo
The Mandalay Battalion, Burma Military Police: Mandalay
The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier
Force: Taunggyi
The Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier
Force: Lashio
The Bhamo Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Bhamo
The Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: FalamThe Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Frontier Force:
Myitkyina
The Reserve Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Pyawbwe
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VIII. Malaya Command: HQ Singapore
A. Penang
The Penang Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
8th Heavy Battery, HKSRA
36th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
5/14th Punjab Regiment
3rd Battalion, The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force
(Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Force)
B. Port Dickinson1st Battalion, The Malay Regiment
C. Taiping
2/17th Dogra Regiment
D. Singapore Fortress
The Malaya Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
7th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Blakang Mati
11th, 31st Heavy Batteries, RA; 5th, 7th Heavy
Batteries, HKSRA
9th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Changi
7th, 22nd, 32nd Heavy Batteries, RA
30th, 34th, 35th, 41st Fortress Companies, RoyalEngineers
Malaya Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore
Royal Artillery
6th, 9th, 10th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, HKSRA
2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore
Royal Artillery
11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, HKSRA
3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
11th, 21st, 22nd Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
The Malaya Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment
1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment M-G
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders: Changi12th Indian Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders
4/19th Hyderabad Regiment
5/2nd Punjab Regiment
22nd Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery
(4th, 7th, 10th, 21st Mountain Batteries, IA)
15th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners
The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force
1st Battalion (Singapore Volunteer Corps)
2nd Battalion (Singapore Volunteer Force)
The Singapore Armoured Car Company
The Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteers):Pulo Blakan Mati
The Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
The Singapore Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
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(Volunteers)
E. Malacca
4th Battalion, The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force
(Malacca Volunteers Corps)
F. The Federated Malay States Volunteer Force: HQ Kuala Lumpur
1st Battalion: Ipoh, Perak
2nd Battalion: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor
3rd Battalion: Seremban, Negri Sembilan
4th Battalion: Kuantan, PahangThe Armoured Car Company: Ipoh
The Light Artillery Battery: Kuala Lumpur
Signal Company: Port Dickinson?
Engineer Section: Port Dickinson?
G. Unfederated States
The Johore Military Forces: Johore Bharu
The Johore Volunteer Infantry
The Johore Volunteer Engineers: Johore Bharu
The Kedah Volunteer Force: Alor Star
The Kelantan Volunteer Force: Kota Bharu
The Perak Rivers Platoon
The Sultan Idris Company
IX. Mauritius
The Mauritius Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
HQ and 25th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Port Louis
43rd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
The Mauritius Territorial Force: Rodriques
X. The Pacific
A. Fiji
HQ Fiji Defence Force: Suva
1st Battalion, The Fiji Infantry Regiment: Suva
(Battalion HQ, 3 Rifle Companies, and 1 MMGCompany)
The Fiji Defence Force Signals: Suva
B. Sarawak
The Sarawak Armed Police
The Sarawak Rangers
C. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
The Ocean Island Defence Force: Ocean Island
XI. The Middle East
A. Aden
HQ British Troops Aden
HQ Royal Artillery Aden
The Aden Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
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Detachment, 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
9th (Minden) Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery
20th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry: Khormaksar
The Aden Protectorate Levies: Khormaksar
Western Aden Protectorate
Government Guards
Tribal Guards
Lahej Trained Forces
Eastern Aden Protectorate
Kathiri Armed Constabulary
Mukalla Regular Army
B. Gibraltar
The Gibraltar Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
3rd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Gibraltar South
4th, 27th Heavy Batteries, RA; 19th Anti-Aircraft
Battery, RA
HQ Royal Engineers
1st, 32nd Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
2nd Battalion, The King's Regiment
2nd Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards
The Gibraltar Defence Force
C. Malta
The Malta Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
26th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
15th, 40th, 48th, 71st Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
(N.B. 40th/71st linked for a while in August 1939)
4th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Tigne
6th, 10th, 23rd Heavy Batteries, RA
7th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
10th, 13th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
5th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery:
Delimara6th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery:
Mtarfu
7th Searchlight Battery, Royal Malta Artillery:
Mtarfu (Formed 5 September 1939)
16th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
24th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers: Tigne (Included
a Regular Maltese Section)
1st Battalion, The King's Own Malta Regiment: Lower
St. Elmo
The Royal Malta Artillery: HQ Upper St. Elmo
1st Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort Rocco
2nd Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort Tigne
3rd Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort St. Elmo4th Heavy Battery, Royal Malta Artillery - Independent
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The Malta Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment: Tarxien
2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers
D. Iraq
The Iraq Levies: Habbaniya
One Company, The Iraq Levies: Basra
One Company, The Iraq Levies: ShuaibaNo. 1 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force: Habbaniya
E. Cyprus
The Cyprus Detachment, Royal Corps of Signals
'C' Company, 1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Nicosia
'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
F. The Sudan
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Wadi Halfa
(Arrived there 3/9/39 by boat from Egypt)
1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Khartoum
North
2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment:Khartoum South
The Sudan Detachment, Royal Artillery: Port Sudan
The Sudan Defence Force: HQ Khartoum
Northern Area: HQ Khartoum
The Shendi Horse: HQ Shendi, Northern
Province
Southern Area: HQ Torit
The Equatorial Corps: HQ Torit, Equatorial
Province
Central Area: HQ El Obeid
The Camel Corps: HQ El Obeid, Kardofan
Province
Eastern Area: HQ Gederaf
The Eastern Arab Corps: HQ Gederaf, KassalaProvince (Detachment at Kassala)
Western Area: HQ El Fasher
The Western Arab Corps: HQ El Fasher,
Darfur Province
XII. British Troops in Egypt
A. Alexandria
3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards
1st Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Marines
B. Moascar
The Canal Brigade
1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment (One Company at
Port Said and 'C' Company at Cyprus)
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C. Cairo
The Egyptian Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
HQ 7th Infantry Division (Enroute to Mersa Matruh)
18th Brigade and Cairo Area: HQ Abassia Barracks, Cairo
1st Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Machine Gun (Leaving for Mersa Matruh)
1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment
Detachment: El Nil Barracks, Cairo
D. The Delta
The Delta Area Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
42nd, 54th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
45th Fortress Company, Regiment - ex Haifa, Palestine
19th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Port Said and Suez
7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
25th/26th, 27th/28th Medium Batteries
4th Royal Horse Artillery (Reformed on 3 September
1939)
C, G, F Batteries, RHA (Less one Battery with
Armoured Division (Egypt))
11th Indian Infantry Brigade: HQ Fayid2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1/6th Rajputana Rifles
4/7th Rajput Regiment
4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: HQ Mena
4th, 7th, 14th, 66th Field Batteries, RA
18th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
E. Mersa Matruh
2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
105th/119th, 116th/118th Field Batteries, RA
1st Battalion, The Buffs
2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: El Daba(Egyptian LOC)
The Armoured Division (Egypt) - Gerwala
1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Near
Wadi el Nagamish
The Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of
Signals
3rd Royal Horse Artillery
D/J, M/P Batteries, RHA
Battery, 4th Royal Horse Artillery
Light Armoured Brigade (Egypt) - Gerwala
7th Hussars8th Hussars
11th Hussars
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Heavy Armoured Brigade (Egypt) - Gerwala
1st Royal Tank Regiment
6th Royal Tank Regiment
XIII. British Troops Palestine and Transjordan
A. Jerusalem
The Palestine Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
2nd Battalion, The Black Watch: Jerusalem (Detachments
at Ramallah and Enab)
2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry2nd Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment: Hebron
One Company: Dier Shalar
One Company: Allar
No. 2 Wireless Company, Royal Corps of Signals
No. 2 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force: Jenin
B. Lydda Area
56th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Detachment, 8th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
1st Royal Dragoons: Gedera (Including 1 Squadron of 5th
Dragoon Guards)
The Royal Scots Greys: Rehovath
Squadron, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards: Sarafand2nd Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment: Sarafand
'D' Company: Tel Aviv
One Company each at Lydda, Bir Salim and Jaffa
C. The Defended Port of Haifa
17th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery
D. 8th Infantry Division
12th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Detachment, 'A'/'E' Battery, 1st Royal Horse Artillery
Detachment, 'B'/'O' Battery, 1st Royal Horse Artillery
14th Infantry Brigade: HQ Nablus, Central Palestine
2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade: Nablus Fort1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders: Jenin
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment: Tulkarm
16th Infantry Brigade: HQ North Palestine
1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment:
Nazareth-Tiberias
1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Safad
2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment: Acre
1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters: Haifa
E. Transjordan
The Transjordan Frontier Force: HQ ZargaThe Arab Legion: HQ Amman
The Desert Mechanized Force
The Desert Patrol: Syria-Palestine Border
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XIV. The Royal West Africa Frontier Force
A. Nigeria
RHQ, The Nigeria Regiment: Kaduna
1st Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Kaduna
2nd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Kano
3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment (Less One
Company): Enugu
4th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Ibadan
One Company: Lagos
5th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: ZariaDetachments: Maiguguri and Sokolo
1st Nigeria Light Artillery Battery: Zaria
Signals Company: Zaria
The Lagos Defence Force (European Reserve Force): Lagos
The Engineer Cadre (European Reserve Force): Lagos
B. The Cameroons
'B' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment:
Victoria
C. The Gold Coast
RHQ, The Gold Coast Regiment: HQ Kumasi
1st Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment: Kumasi2nd Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment: Tamale
1 Section, Light Artillery: Accra
Signal Section: Kumasi
3rd Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment (Gold Coast
Territorial Force): Winneba
The Gold Coast Regiment (Supplementary Reserve)
The Gold Coast Defence Force (European Reserve Force)
D. Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
39th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
The Sierra Leone Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery:
Freetown
The Sierra Leone Battalion: Wilberforce, Freetown
E. The Gambia
The Gambia Company: Cape St. Mary
XV. East Africa Force
A. British Somaliland
HQ and HQ Company, The Somaliland Camel Corps: Laferug
'A' (Camel) Company: Hargeisa
'B' (Nyasa Infantry) Company: Tug Argen
'C' Company: Burao
'D' Company: Tug Argen (Less 2 Platoons at Sheik)
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B. Kenya
The Northern Brigade: HQ Nairobi
The Coast Defence Rifle Company, King's African
Rifles: Mombasa (Defended Port of Kilindini)
3rd Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Nairobi
4th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Mombasa
'A' Company: Turkana
5th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Nanyuki
1st Battalion, The Kenya Regiment (European
Territorial Force): NairobiNo. 1 Company: Nairobi
No. 2 Company: Nakura
No. 3 Company: Eldoret
The Coast Defence Battery, The Kenya Regiment
(ETF): Mombasa
22nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: Left
Quetta, India on 1 September 1939 and
arrived in East Africa on 11 September 1939
The Kenya Defence Force
C. Tanganyika Territory
The Southern Brigade: HQ Dar es Salaam1st Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Moshi
HQ, 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African
Rifles: Iringa
'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles:
Mbeya
6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Dar el
Salaam
'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles:
Tanga Province
'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles:
Iringa
D. Uganda
7th Battalion, The King's African Rifles (UgandaTerritorial Force): Bombas
E. Nyasaland
'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles:
Zomba
The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve (European)
F. Northern Rhodesia
1st Battalion, The Northern Rhodesia Regiment: Bwana
Mkubwa
G. Southern Rhodesia
No.1 Group, The Rhodesia Regiment: HQ Salisbury
One Company Recruits
One Company Leader Training
One Company Specialists (HQ Company)
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One Light Artillery Battery (3.7cm Howitzers)
One Detached Company: Umtali
No.2 Group, The Rhodesia Regiment: HQ Salisbury
One Company Recruits
One Company Leader Training
One Company Specialists (HQ Company)
One Reconnaissance Company
One Detached Company: Gwelo
ANTI-AIRCRAFT COMMAND
HQ AA Command: Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex
(Brigade Sub-Titles dropped in September 1939)
1st Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Hillington House, Uxbridge
(Raised 15 December 1935) - London District
26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Brompton Road - London
District (Raised 16 December 1935 in Chelsea)
53rd (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - London District
HQ, 157th, 159th (Lloyd's), 158th (City of London)
Btrys: War Office Dept, White City Road W 12
86th (Honourable Artillery Company) Anti-AircraftRegiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London District
HQ, 273rd-275th Btrys: Armoury House, Finsbury
88th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London
District
HQ, 281st-283rd Btrys: White City
38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Duke of York's HQ,
Chelsea - London District (Raised 28 September
1938 at Chelsea)
26th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District
HQ, 303rd, 321st, 339th Coys: Duke of York's
Headquarters, Chelsea, S.W. 3
301st Coy: Shepards Bush W. 12
27th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-AircraftBattalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District
HQ: Mitcham Lane
304th-306th, 390th Coys: Rochester Row,
75th Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (Middlesex)(T.A.) -
East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ and 3 Btrys: Cowley
48th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lewisham - London District
(Raised 28 August 1939 at Lee Green - Later at
Lewisham)
54th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - London District
HQ, 160th-162nd (City of London), 312th Btrys:
Putney S.W. 1560th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - London District
HQ, 168th, 169th, 194th Btrys: Catford S.E. 6
97th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London
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District
HQ, 298th, 299th Btrys: Westminster, London
99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London
District
HQ, 302nd, 303rd Btrys: London
49th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lower Belgrave Street -
London District (Raised 28 August 1939 at London)
51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
London District
HQ, 151st-153rd (London) Btrys: Duke of York's HQ,
Chelsea, S.W. 352nd (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
London District
HQ, 154th, 155th (London) Btrys: Acton
271st (Brentford), 313th Btrys: Brentford
84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, East.
Cmd.
HQ, 260th-261st (London Transport) Btrys:
Willesdon
262nd-263rd Btrys: Arnos Grove
2nd Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ RAF Station, Hucknall,
Nottinghamshire (Raised 1 September 1936) -Northern Command
32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Normanton House, Derby
- West Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 1
November 1936 at Derby)
42nd (The Robin Hood's, Sherwood Foresters)
Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West
Riding Area, Northern Command
HQ: Nottingham
366th Coy: Carlton
367th Coy: Beeston
368th Coy: Bulwell
369th Coy: Sutton-in-Coldfield
44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,Northern Command
HQ, 374th-377th Coys: Leicester
50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - South Midland Area,
Southern Command
HQ, 400th-401st Coys: Northampton
402nd Coy: Peterborough
403rd Coy: Kettering
68th (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern Command
HQ, 200th, 222nd (Derby) Btrys: Derby
276th, 277th Btrys: Nottingham
40th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Duxford, Cambridge - East AngliaArea, Eastern Command (Raised 29 September
1938 at South Ealing)
33rd (St. Pancras) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.)
- London District
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HQ, 332nd, 333rd Coys: Albany St., London N.W. 1
334th Coy: Barnet
36th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -
East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 317th, 345th Coys: Edgware
346th Coy: Southall
424th Coy:
58th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -
East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 344th, 426th Coys: Harrow
425th Coy: Roxeth, South Harrow9th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge's Own)(60th Searchlight Regiment)
(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 429th-431st Coys: Willesdon N.W. 10
10th (3rd City of London) Battalion, The Royal
Fusiliers (69th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) -
London District
HQ, 456th-458th Coys: Harrow Road, London W. 2
41st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Elbury Street, London,
- London District (Raised 29 September 1938
at London SW1)
32nd (7th City of London) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E.
(T.A.) - London DistrictHQ, 328th Coy: Finsbury Square, E.C. 2
329th, 330th Coys: Grove Park S.E. 12
1st/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment (64th Searchlight
Regiment)(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern
Command
HQ, 441st-442nd Coys: The Cedars, West Ham E. 15
443rd Coy: Chingford
2nd/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment (65th Searchlight
Regiment)(T.A.) - Chatham Area, Eastern
Command
HQ, 444th Coy: Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea
445th Coy: East Ham
446th Coy: Grays
78th (1st East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 243rd (2nd Norfolk), 244th (3rd Norfolk) Btrys:
Norwich
245th (1st Norfolk) Btry: Greater Yarmouth
409th (Suffolk) Btry: Lowestoft
50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Nottingham - West Riding
Area, Northern Command (Raised 24 August 1939
at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire)
26th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Riding Area, Northern Command
HQ, 114th-116th Btrys: Derby (Mobile Reserve)
3rd Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Edinburgh (Raised 1 September1938) - Scottish Command
36th (Scottish) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Edinburgh - Lowland
Area, Scottish Command (Raised 1 May 1938 at
Edinburgh)
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71st (Forth) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 227th, 229th (Fife) Btrys: Dunfermline
94th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland
Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 291st Btry: Turnhouse, Edinburgh
228th (Edinburgh) Btry: Edinburgh
292nd Btry: Musselburgh
101st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland
Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 297th Btry: Inverness226th Btry: Kirkwall
42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Glasgow - Lowland Area Scottish
Command
(Raised 1 October 1938 at Glasgow)
74th (City of Glasgow) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 230th-232nd Btrys: Glasgow
83rd (Blythswood) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 257th-259th Btrys: Bridgeton, Glasgow S.E.
100th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland
Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 304th, 305th Btrys: Motherwell, Lanarkshire51st Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Edinburgh - Lowland Area,
Scottish Command (Raised 25 August 1939 at
Edinburgh)
14th (West Lothian Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland Area,
Scottish Command
HQ, 39th (Linlithgow), 40th (Bathgate), 58th Btrys:
Edinburgh
57th Btry: South Queensferry
18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 54th, 99th, 139th Btrys: Glasgow
56th Btry: Ardeer
19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 59th Btry: Edinburgh
60th Btry: Falkirk
31st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ: Perth
61st Btry: Grangemouth
101st Btry (271st Troop: Leuchars; 272nd Troop:
Donibristle)
32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 98th Btry: Falkirk
55th Btry: Rosyth103rd Btry (277th, 278th Troops: Bishopton R.O.F.;
279th, 280th Troops: Kilmarnock)
52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Stirling - Highland Area,
Scottish Command (Raised 26 September 1939 at
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51st (Highland) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 320th (City of Dundee) Coy: Dundee
319th (City of Aberdeen) Coy: Aberdeen
404th Coy: Cowdenbeath
4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh) Battalion, The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment)(52nd Searchlight
Regiment (T.A.) - Lowland Area, Scottish
Command
HQ, 405th-407th Coys: Edinburgh 156th Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (Cameronians)(T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 417th-419th Btrys: Glasgow
57th (Glasgow) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Highland Area, Scottish Command
HQ, 420th-423rd Btrys: South Glasgow
3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Supplementary Reserve: Belfast,
Northern Ireland District - Attached (Raised
7 December 1938 at Belfast)
3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)
HQ, 10th, 11th Btrys: Belfast
9th Btry: Clonaver, Strandtown
12th Btry: Lurgan8th (Belfast) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)
HQ, 21st-23rd AA Btrys: Belfast
5th Light AA Btry: Newtownards
9th (Londonderry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (S.R.)
HQ, 24th-25th AA Btrys: Londonderry
26th AA Btry: Ballymena
6th Light AA Btry: Coleraine
102nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northern
Ireland District
HQ, 314th, 315th, 316th Btrys: Antrim
175th, 176th Light AA Btrys: Antrim (added 10
September 1939)
4th Anti-Aircraft Division>: HQ Chester (Raised 1 September 1938)- Western Command
33rd (Western) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Woolton, Liverpool -
West Lancashire Area, Western Command (Raised 1
November 1936 at Liverpool)
70th (3rd West Lancashire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western
Command
HQ, 211th (13th West Lancashire), 212th (27th West
Lancashire), 216th (14th West Lancashire)
Btrys: Igburth, Liverpool
309th Btry: Bootle, Liverpool
81st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western CommandHQ, 253rd, 254th (Cheshire) Btrys: Stockport
255th (Cheshire) Btry: Stalybridge
(Was to have been formed by The Loyals with RHQ
and 287th Btry at Pontefract and
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270th Btry at Rotherham (ex 68th AA Brigade)
93rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western Command
HQ, 288th, 289th Btrys: Oxton, Birkenhead
267th (Wirral) Btry: West Birkenhead
290th Btry: Chester
38th (The King's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
R.E. (T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western
Command
HQ, 350th-353rd Coys: Liverpool
62nd (The Loyal) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -West Lancashire Area, Western Command
HQ, 435th-437th Btrys: Preston
34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Coventry - South
Midland Area, Southern Command (Raised 1
April 1938 at Coventry)
69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South Midland Area,
Southern Command
HQ, 190th-191st Btrys: Edgbaston, Birmingham 15
192nd, 199th Btrys: King's Norton Birmingham
73rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western Command
HQ, 209th (Wolverhampton) Btry: Wolverhampton210th (West Bromwich) Btry: West Bromwich
311th Btry: Brierley Hall
95th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 293rd Btry: Washwood Heath, nr. Birmingham
204th (Warwickshire) Btry: Saltley, Birmingham
44th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Manchester - East Lancashire
Area, Western Command (Raised 29 September
1938 at Manchester)
65th (The Manchester Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
R.A. (T.A.) - East Lancashire Area, Western
Command
HQ, 181st-183rd, 196th Btrys: Hulme, Manchester 15
39th (The Lancashire Fusiliers) Anti-AircraftBattalion, R.E. (T.A.) - East Lancashire
Area, Western Command
HQ, 354th-357th Coys: Salford
71st (East Lancashire) Searchlight Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - East Lancashire Area, Western
Command
HQ, 462nd-464th Btrys: Manchester
53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Chester - West Lancashire
Area, Western Command (Raised 24 August 1939
at Chester)
15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western
CommandHQ, 41st, 42nd Btrys: Douglas, Isle of Man
129th Btry:
21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western Command
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HQ: Liverpool
67th Btry: Bromborough
68th Btry: Ellesmore Port
69th Btry: Northwich
80th Btry: Kearsley, Manchester
136th Btry (393rd Troopp: Tern Hill; 394th Troop:
Shawbury; 395th-396th Troops: Crew Jct.)
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western Command
HQ, 225th (27th West Lancashire), 81st, 82nd Btrys:
Liverpool33rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western Command
HQ: Liverpool
132nd Btry: (377th, 378th Troops: Lostock; 379th
Troop: Prescot; 380th Troop: Speke)
54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: South Birmingham - South Midland
Area, Southern Command (Raised 1 September
1939 at Sutton Coldfield. Later at Chester)
41st (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Lancashire
Area, Western Command
HQ, 362nd-365th Coys: Stoke-on-Trent
45th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-AircraftBattalion, R.E. (T.A.) - South Midland Area,
Southern Command
HQ, 378th-381st Coys: Birmingham 5
59th (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
South Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 399th, 427th, 428th Btrys: Birmingham
61st (South Lancashire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment,
R.A. (T.A.) - West Lancashire Area, Western
Command
HQ, 432nd-434th Btrys: St. Helen
5th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Reading (Raised 1 September 1938)
- Eastern Command
35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Fareham, Hampshire - SouthernArea, Southern Command (Raised 1 April 1938
at Fareham)
56th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
South-Western Area, Southern Command
HQ: Falmouth
165th (Cornwall) Btry: Redruth
201st (Cornwall) Btry: Padstow
202nd (Cornwall) Btry: Par
203rd (Cornwall) Btry: Penzance
57th (Wessex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Area, Southern Command
HQ, 213th (Portsmouth) Btry: Portsmouth
214th (Southsea) Btry: Southsea215th (Gosport and Fareham) Btry: Gosport
219th (Isle of Wight and Cosham) Btry: Newport,
Isle of Wight
72nd (Hampshire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
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Southern Area, Southern Command
HQ, 218th (Hampshire Royal Horse Artillery) Btry:
Southampton
217th (Hampshire Carabineers) Btry: Winchester
310th Btry: Parkstone, Dorset
48th (Hampshire) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -
South-Western Area, Southern Command
HQ, 391st Coy: Portsmouth
392nd Coy: East Cowes
393rd Coy: Gosport
394th Coy: Southampton45th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Cardiff - Welsh Area, Western
Command (Raised 29 September 1938 at Newport,
Monmouthshire - Later Cardiff)
77th (Welsh) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Welsh Area, Western Command
HQ, 239th, 240th (Glamorgan) Btrys: Cardiff
241st, 242nd (Glamorgan) Btrys: Rhondda
6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment (67th
Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Welsh Area,
Western Command
HQ, 450th-452nd Coys: Cardiff
1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (68th
Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Welsh Area,Western Command
HQ, 453rd-455th Coys: Newport, Monmouthshire
46th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Bristol - South Midland Area,
Southern Command (Raised 27 September 1938 at
Bristol)
76th (Gloucestershire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
(T.A.) - South Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 236th-238th (Bristol) Btrys: Clifton, Bristol
98th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 300th Btry: Cheltenham
301st Btry: Moreton-in-the-Marsh
4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, The Gloucestershire
Regiment (66th Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) -South Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 447th-449th Coys: Bristol
47th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Grosvenor Gardens, SW1 - London
District (Raised 29 September 1938 at Kenley,
Whyteleafe, Surrey)
80th (Berkshire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
South Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 249th (Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery), 250th
(Reading) Btrys: Reading
251st (Buckinghamshire) Btry: Slough
252nd (City of Oxford) Btry: Oxford
30th (Surrey) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -
Home Counties Area, Eastern CommandHQ, 316th, 323rd (Surrey) Coys: Kingston
315th (Surrey) Coy: Croyden
318th (Surrey) Coy: Guildford
35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
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R.E. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern
Command
HQ, 340th-343rd Coys: Camberwell S.E. 5
4th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West
Surrey)(63rd Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) -
Home Counties Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 438th-440th Coys: Croyden
72nd (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 465th-467th Btrys: Twickenham
55th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Plymouth - South-WesternArea, Southern Command
(Raised September 1939 at Exeter. Later at Plymouth)
23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ, 73rd, 74th Btrys: Bristol
75th Btry: Poole
130th Btry: Corsham
24th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South-
Western Area, Southern Command
HQ, 78th, 86th, 87th, 88th Btrys: Southampton
76th Btry: Fawley
77th Btry: Channel Islands
34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - WelshArea, Western Command
HQ: Swansea
92nd Btry (245th Troop: St. Athan A.S.U.; 246th,
247th Troops: Bridgend R.O.F.; 248th Troop:
Llandow A.S.U.)
35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ: Oxford
144th Btry (From 23.9.39): Brize Norton, Abington,
Benson
36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
HQ: Chertsey
79th Btry (124th Troop: Slough; 125th-127th Troops:Walton)
145th Btry (Joined soon): Luton, Hatfield, Radlett
6th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Uxbridge - London District
27th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Lingfield - Home Counties Area,
Eastern Command (Raised 15 December 1935 at
Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey)
31st (City of London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
R.E. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern
Command
HQ, 324th, 325th Coys: Sutton, Surrey
326th Coy: Merton S.W. 19
327th Coy: Hackbridge, Carshalton34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - London District
HQ, 336th, 337th Coys: Blackheath S.E. 10
302nd Coy: Greenwich S.E. 10
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338th Coy: Eltham S.E. 9
70th (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home
Counties Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 459th-461st Btrys: Brighton
28th (Thames and Medway) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Kitchener
Barracks, Chatham - Chatham Area, Eastern
Command (Raised 15 December 1935 at Chatham)
55th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Chatham Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 166th (City of Rochester), 308th Btrys:
Rochester163rd (Kent) Btry: Chatham
307th Btry: Tunbridge Wells
58th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Chatham Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 206th, 207th (Erith) Btrys: Erith
208th (Bromley) Btry: Penge
264th (Dartford) Btry: Dartford
75th (Home Counties)(Cinque Ports) Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home Counties Area,
Eastern Command
HQ, 233rd (Kent) Btry: Dover
223rd (Cinque Ports) Btry: Folkstone
306th Btry: Ashford, Kent89th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home
Counties Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 205th (Kent) Btry: Sittingbourne
234th (Kent) Btry: Deal
235th (Kent) Btry: Margate
29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: South Kensington
- London District (Raised 8 January 1936 at
Chelsea)
28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -
East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 311th (Essex) Coy: Brentwood
309th (Essex) Coy: Harlow
312th (Essex) Coy: Upminster
29th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) -Chatham Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 313th (Kent) Coy: Chatham
314th (Kent) Coy: Tonbridge
468th Coy: Dover
73rd (Kent Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E.
(T.A.) - Home Counties Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 331st Coy: Bexleyheath
322nd Coy: Horns Cross, Greenhithe
347th (Kent) Coy: Sidcup
74th (Essex Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, R.E.
(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 335th Coy: Tottenham
310th (Essex) Coy: Epping469th Coy: Chelmsford
37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Hendon NW9 - London District
(Raised 1 May 1938 at Edmonton)
59th (The Essex Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A.
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(T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 164th, 167th Btrys: Walthamstow
265th Btry: Whipp's Cross
61st (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
London District
HQ, 171st Btry: Pentonville N 1
170th, 195th Btrys: Finchley N.W. 11
79th (Hertfordshire Yeomany) Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia Area, Eastern
Command
HQ, 246th (1st Watford), 247th (2nd Watford) Btrys:Watford
248th (Welwyn) Btry: Welwyn Gdn C.
82nd (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Chatham Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 156th, 256th (Barking) Btrys: Barking
193rd Btry: Leight-on-Sea
90th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia
Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 272nd, 284th, 285th Btrys: Southgate
56th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Uxbridge - London District
(Raised 30 September 1939 at Chelmsford and Rochester)
11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London DistrictHQ, 31st-33rd, 43rd Btrys: Bunhill Road, London
12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
R.A. (T.A.) - London District
HQ, 34th-36th, 44th Btrys: Pentonville N. 1
16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Home
Counties Area, Eastern Command
HQ, 46th Btry: Sittingbourne
45th Btry: Tovil, Maidstone
47th Btry: Crayford
83rd Btry: Sevenoaks
17th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - London
District
HQ, 48th Btry: Chelsea
49th Btry: Purfleet50th Btry: Shellhaven
7th Anti-Aircraft Division: HQ Newcastle-on-Tyne -
Northern Command
30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Humbledown View,
Tunstall Road, Sunderland - Northumbrian
Area, Northern Command
(Raised 1 November 1936 at Sunderland)
63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
- Northumbrian Area, Northern Command
HQ, 176th, 178th (County of Durham) Btrys:
Sunderland
269th, 177th (County of Durham) Btrys: SeahamHarbour
64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
- Northumbrian Area, Northern Command
HQ, 179th (Tynemouth) Btry: North Shields
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180th (Tynemouth) Btry: Seaton, Delaval
268th (Durham) Btry: Consett
87th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 278th-280th Btrys: Hebburn
37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area,
Northern Command
HQ, 307th, 308th Coys: Tynemouth
348th, 349th Coys: Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne
5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (53rdSearchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 408th-410th Coys: Walker-on-Tyne
31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade: York - West
Riding Area, Northern Command
(Raised 1 November 1936 at Retford)
66th (Leed's Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-
Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 184th, 185th, 197th Btrys: Leeds
96th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 294th Btry: Castleford295th, 296th Btrys: Halifax
287th Btry: Pontefract
186th Btry: Oulton
43rd (5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,
Northern Command
HQ, 370th-373rd Coys: Huddersfield
49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,
Northern Command
HQ, 395th-398th Coys: Bradford
39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Digby, Lincolnshire - West
Riding Area, Northern Command (Raised 29
September 1938 at Retford - Later Digby)62nd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.)
- Northumbrian Area, Northern Command
HQ, 172nd (1st East Riding), 173rd (2nd East
Riding), 266th (3rd East Riding) Btrys: Hull
67th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,
Northern Command
HQ, 187th-189th, 198th Btrys: Rotherham
91st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 286th Btry: Goole
221st (1st West Riding) Btry: York
270th (Wentworth) Btry: Wentworth40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area, Northern
Command
HQ, 358th-361st Coys: Chesterfield
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46th (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - West Riding Area,
Northern Command
HQ, 382nd-385th Coys: Grimsby
43rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade: West Hartlepool - Northumbrian
Area, Northern Command (Raised 1 October 1938
at West Hartlepool)
85th (Tees) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) -
Northumbrian Area, Northern Command
HQ, 174th (1st North Riding), 175th (2nd North
Riding) Btrys: Middlesbrough220th (County of Durham) Btry: West Hartlepool
47th (The Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, R.E. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area,
Northern Command
HQ, 386th-388th Coys: Sunderland
389th Coy: South Shields
1st/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (54th
Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 411th-413th Coys: Stockton-on-Tees
2nd/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (55th
Searchlight Regiment)(T.A.) - Northumbrian
Area, Northern CommandHQ, 414th-416th Coys: West Hartlepool
57th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade: Newcastle - Northumbrian
Area, Northern Command (Raised 25 August 1939
at Newcastle-on-Tyne)
13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Riding Area, Northern Command
HQ, 37th, 38th Btrys: Hillsborough, Sheffield 6
122nd Btry: Raised 3 September 1939 as a mobile
battery
28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Riding Area, Northern Command
HQ, 112th Btry: Nottingham
113th Btry: Warwick
53rd Btry: Derby29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Riding Area, Northern Command
HQ: Grimsby
108th Btry (293rd Troop: Mareham; 294th Troop: W.
Raynham; 295th Troop: Bircham Newton)
121st Btry (338th Troop: Walton; 339th Troop: Swanton
Morley; 340th Troop: Coltishall;
341st Troopp: Horsham St. Faith)
30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - East
Anglia Area, Eastern Command
HQ: Ipswich
117th Btry (326th Troop: Debden; 327th Troop:
Duxford; 328th Troop: Bassingbourn)118th Btry (329th Troop: Cranfield; 330th Troop:
Henlow; 331st Troop: Upwood; 332nd Troop:
Wyton)
120th Btry (335th Troop: Mildenhall; 336th Troop:
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Honington; 337th Troop: Feltwell)
Notes: Searchlight Regiments: (Searchlight Regiments formed part
of three corps: Royal Engineers, Infantry and Royal Artillery. By
1 August 1940 all were incorporated into the Royal Artillery.
Note: 26th-51st, 58th, 73rd-74th were Royal Engineer units, 52nd-
57th, 60th, 63rd-69th were still part of their original infantry
regiment, and 59th, 61st-62nd, 70th-72nd, 75th were part of the
Royal Artillery.)
Notes: Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
92nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Not Formed
Notes: Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Welsh Area,
Western Command (Raised 1 December 1938 -
Probably attached to 45th AA Brigade)
HQ: Cardiff
66th Btry: Hereford
65th Btry: Llandarcy
94th Btry: Gascoed R.O.F.62nd Btry (161st, 162nd Troops: Newport Harbour and Dock;
400th-402nd Troops: Newport Jct.)
63rd Btry (163rd, 164th Troops: Cardiff Docks; 165th Troop:
Barry Docks; 403rd Troop: Cardiff Jct.)
64th Btry (167th Troop: Talbot Dock; 168th, 169th Troops:
Swansea Docks; 404th Troop: Clydach)
22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
(Raised 1 December 1938 - Probably attached to 34th AA
Brigade)
HQ: Birmingham and/or Coventry
70th Btry: Dudley Port
72nd Btry: Hams Hall
27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West RidingArea, Northern Command (Raised 28 August 1939 -
Still forming - Probably attached to 32nd AA
Brigade)
HQ: Newark
95th Btry: Cantler's Yard, Clacton (Harwich and Bawdsey)
96th Btry: Sutton Lodge, Hornchurch
107th Btry (290th Troop: Grantham; 291st Troop:
Cottesmere; 292nd Troop: Wittering)
37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - Northumbrian Area,
Northern Command (Converted 28 August 1939 - Still
forming)
HQ: Tynemouth (No batteries listed until 10 March 1941)38th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
(Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming)
HQ: Bradford
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51st Btry: Huddersfield
124th Btry (350th Troop: Leconfield; 351st Troop:
Catfoss; 352nd Troop: Driffield
125th Btry (353rd Troop: Linton on Ouse; 354th Troop:
Church Fenton; 355th, 356th Troops: Ferrybridge)
39th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
(Raised 28 August 1939 - Still forming)
HQ: Lincoln
110th Btry: Scunthorpe
111th Btry (307th Troop: Cleethorpes; 308th Troop:Binbrook; 309th Troop: Scampton)
Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Batteries
52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
HQ, 135th Troop: Thorncliffe
71st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Southern
Area, Southern Command
HQ: Fareham
84th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Southern
Area, Southern Command
HQ: Salisbury218th Troop: Parton
219th Troop: Boscombe Down
220th Troop: Worthy Down
221st Troop: Boscombe Down
22nd Troop: Middle Wallop
85th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -
South-Western Area, Southern Command
223rd Troop: Kemble Park
224th Troop: Hullavington
225th Troop: Colerne
89th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
236th Troop: Bicester
237th Troop: Lyneham238th Troop: Upper Heyford
239th Troop: Little Rissington
90th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -
South-Western Area, Southern Command
240th Troop: Swindon
241st Troop: Wroughton
242nd Troop: Harwell
91st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -
South-Western Area, Southern Command
243rd Troop: Mount Batten
244th Troop: Plymouth Balloon Barrage
93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Welsh Area,
Western Command249th, 250th Troops: Pembrey R.O.F.
97th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia
Area, Eastern Command
261st Troop: Feltham
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262nd, 263rd Troops: Stanmore
264th Troop: Northolt
100th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland
Area, Scottish Command
269th Troop: Montrose
270th Troop: Aberdeen
102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland
Area, Scottish Command
273rd, 274th Troops: Rosyth
275th, 276th Troops: Turnhouse
104th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - HighlandArea, Scottish Command
281st Troop: Wig Bay
282nd Troop: Dumfries
105th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Highland
Area, Scottish Command
283rd, 284th Troops: Lyness
285th, 286th Troops: Hatston
106th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
287th Troop: Waddington
288th Troop: Digby
289th Troop: Manby
109th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West RidingArea, Northern Command
296th Troop: Hemswell
297th Troop: Kirton-in-Lindsey
298th Troop: Hatfield Woodhouse
119th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - East Anglia
Area, Eastern Command
333rd Troop: Stradishall
334th Troop: Wattisham
123rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -
Northumbrian Area, Northern Command
HQ: Durham
345th, 346th Troops: Birtley
347th Troop: Ouston
348th Troop: Thornaby349th Troop: Darlington Jct.
126th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West Riding
Area, Northern Command
357th Troop: Orgreaves Coke Ovens
358th Troop: Finningley (Doncaster Aerodrome)
359th, 360th Troops: Doncaster Jct.
127th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) -
Northumbrian Area, Northern Command
HQ: North Riding
361st Troop: Catterick
362nd Troop: Dishforth
363rd Troop: Leeming
364th Troop: Topcliffe128th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
365th Troop: Brize Norton
366th Troop: Abingdon
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367th Troop: Benson
131st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - South
Midland Area, Southern Command
374th Troop: Ashton Down
375th Troop: Hucklecote
376th Troop: Cheltenham
134th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - East
Lancashire Area, Western Command
386th Troop: Kirkbride
387th Troop: Silloth
388th, 389th Troops: Carlisle Jct.135th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - West
Lancashire Area, Western Command
390th Troop: Weaver Jct.
391st Troop: Eastham Locks
392nd Troop: Lobstock
137th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Aldershot
Command
397th Troop: Farnborough
398th Troop: Walters Ash
399th Troop: Woodley
138th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - Unknown
HQ: ???
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